Drawing of the Patrick Henry House, Colonial Village Development, Dearborn Inn, 1937
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Artifact Overview
By the mid-1930s, the Dearborn Inn, a popular luxury hotel, required additional accommodations to service travelers and visitors to the Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford). The L.G. Treadway Service Corporation consulted with Edsel Ford and had five reproduction houses constructed behind the Inn. The exteriors were exact replicas of homes famous in American history, but guests found modern amenities inside.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1937
Creator Notes
Original drawing made for architect Charles M. Hart, and for L. G. Treadway Service Corporation, the company managing Dearborn Inn in 1937.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.20299
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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