House on Gaukler Pointe, 1916, before the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House was Built

THF114884 / House on Gaukler Pointe, 1916, before the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House was Built
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Artifact Overview

By the early 1910s, Henry and Clara Ford needed more privacy and security than their Detroit home could provide. They bought property at Gaukler Pointe, about 15 miles northeast of Detroit, with thoughts of moving there. Instead, Henry and Clara built their Fair Lane estate in Dearborn. Their son, Edsel Ford, bought Gaukler Pointe for his own family's home in 1925.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1916

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.B.33860

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

House on Gaukler Pointe, 1916, before the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House was Built