Railroad Cars Carrying the Dismantled Cotswold Cottage Away from Its Original Site in England, 1929-1930

THF132778 / Railroad Cars Carrying the Dismantled Cotswold Cottage Away from Its Original Site in England, 1929-1930

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1929-1930

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.3284

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.5 in
Width: 11.5 in

Keywords	United Kingdom, England, Gloucestershire, Chedworth Photographic prints Photographs Historic buildings Open-air museums Railroad trains Relocating Original sites Cotswold Cottage (Dearborn, Mich.)

Artifact
Cotswold Cottage
Cotswold Cottage is from the Cotswold Hills in southwest England. The Fords were attracted to the distinctive character of Cotswold buildings, which are characterized by the yellow-brown stone, tall gables, steeply pitched roofs, and stone ornamentation around windows and doors. Several decorative additions were made to the house in England, before dismantling and re-erecting it in Greenfield Village.