Letter from Charles Hart to A. J. Lepine (for Edsel Ford) Regarding Dearborn Inn Colonial Village, March 24, 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 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

Letter (Correspondence)

Date Made

24 March 1937

Subject Date

24 March 1937

Creator Notes

From Charles Hart of L. G. Treadway Service Corporation, New York, New York.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.6.39

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Typewriting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.5 in
Width: 7.375 in

Letter from Charles Hart to A. J. Lepine (for Edsel Ford) Regarding Dearborn Inn Colonial Village, March 24, 1937