World Map Sculpture, Henry Ford II World Center, circa 1955

Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company's world headquarters moved to a new 12-story office complex in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1956. Chicago architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the building in the then-popular International Style. Initially called the Central Staff Office Building -- and nicknamed the "Glass House" -- Ford renamed the complex the Henry Ford II World Center in 1996.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Subject Date

circa 1955

Creators

Pieronek Studios (Hamtramck, Mich.)

Collection Title

Henry Ford II World Center and Michigan Proving Ground Photographs

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2017.109.4

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Pieronek Studios, Hamtramck, Michigan.

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Slides (Photographs) Photographs Corporate headquarters Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford II World Center World maps