Scotch Settlement School

Artifact Overview

Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.

Artifact Details

Artifact

School (Building)

Date Made

1861

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn

Creator Notes

Originally built in 1861 in Deaborn, Michigan on Warren Avenue, east of Southfield.

Location

at Greenfield Village in Main Street District

Object ID

29.3057.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Brick (Clay material)
Wood (Plant material)
Stone (Worked rock)
Glass (Material)

Inscriptions

Stone marker above doorway: DEARBORN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 1 A.D. 1861

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Schoolhouses Schools (Buildings) Buildings (Structures) Education Chapman, John Brainard, 1842-1902 Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Ruddiman, Edsel A. (Edsel Alexander), 1864-1954 Scotch Settlement School