Interior of William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace in Greenfield Village, 1954

THF138606 / Interior of William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace in Greenfield Village, 1954

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

11 August 1954

Subject Date

11 August 1954

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.B.7655

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.5 in
Width: 4.5 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Interior views Buildings (Structures) Cabins (Houses) Houses Open-air museums William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace Henry Ford (Organization) Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village

Artifact
William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace
This log home is typical of Scots-Irish log structures built in the densely forested area of southwestern Pennsylvania during the late 1700s. Anna and Alexander McGuffey lived here for five years and had three children before moving west to Ohio. Their second child, William Holmes (1800-1873), went on to create the popular Eclectic Readers for frontier schoolchildren.