Robert Frost Home at Its Original Site, Ann Arbor, Michigan, circa 1923
THF235291 / Robert Frost Home at Its Original Site, Ann Arbor, Michigan, circa 1923
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford had this house -- built in the 1830s in Ann Arbor, Michigan -- added to his collection of historic buildings in the 1930s. The structure would represent 19th-century Greek Revival architecture in Ford's Greenfield Village. In the early 2000s, museum staff renamed the house to honor the famous American poet Robert Frost, who lived there in the mid-1920s.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1923
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.57
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4.50 in
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Robert Frost, one of America's greatest poets, had an extraordinary ability to put complex and deeply insightful ideas into everyday language. In the mid-1920s, Frost lived in this house while he was the University of Michigan's first poet-in-residence. Here, located away from the bustle of the Ann Arbor campus, his creative spirit and imagination soared as he wrote poetry and met with students.
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No former residents of this house were as famous or as internationally renowned as American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963). This house, discovered by Henry Ford on a drive through Ann Arbor, Michigan, became a stellar example of Greek Revival architecture in Ford's Greenfield Village, and it still exhibits furnishings from the period. Only within this century has its most celebrated resident reclaimed his rightful place.