Ford Home (Henry Ford's Birthplace) in Greenfield Village, 1946

Artifact Overview

Henry Ford began restoration of his Dearborn, Michigan, birthplace in 1919. He repaired or replaced the farm buildings and filled the small, white clapboard house with original or similar furnishings he remembered from his boyhood. He dedicated the restoration to the memory of his beloved mother, Mary Litogot Ford, who died in 1876. In 1944, the house and outbuildings were moved to Greenfield Village.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

29 January 1946

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

P.B.20318

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.625 in
Width: 11 in (cut oddly, not rectangular)

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Farmhouses Historic houses Open-air museums Relocated buildings and structures Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Ford Home (Dearborn, Mich.)

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Henry Ford was born in this farmhouse on July 30, 1863. The house stood near the corner of present-day Ford and Greenfield Roads in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford grew up in the house and moved out at age 16 to find work in Detroit. He restored the farmhouse in 1919 and moved it to Greenfield Village in 1944.