Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, December 1929

THF132914 / Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, December 1929

Artifact Overview

The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

20 December 1929

Subject Date

20 December 1929

Creators

Ford Motor Company

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.3288

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs One-room schools Open-air museums Snow Winter Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Scotch Settlement School

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Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.