Dining Room at Fair Lane, Home of Clara and Henry Ford, circa 1925

In the early 1910s, Henry and Clara Ford selected 1300 acres of farmland in Dearborn, Michigan, as the site for a new house -- shunning the eastern suburbs chosen by many of Detroit's wealthy citizens. In 1916, the couple moved into their newly constructed 31,000-square-foot home. The mansion contained 56 rooms including seven bedrooms, fifteen baths, and other standard living spaces.