Plot Plan, Colonial Village Development for Dearborn Inn, December 1936
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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 about proposed upgrades that included a swimming pool, pool house, landscaping, and a "Colonial Village" of guest houses (replicas of homes famous in American history).
Artifact Details
Artifact
Design drawing
Date Made
07 December 1936
Subject Date
07 December 1936
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Drawing by architect Charles M. Hart for L. G. Treadway Service Corporation, manager of the Dearborn Inn for Oakwood Hotel Company.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
59.13.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Charles M. Hart.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Drawing (Image-making)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 35.813 in
Width: 27.313 in
Inscriptions
At bottom: COLONIAL VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT/FOR/DEARBORN INN, DEARBORN, MICH./...
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