Dismantling the Riding Stable (Originally the Detroit Central Market Building) at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, 2003
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Artifact Overview
The Vegetable Shed sheltered vendors and customers at Detroit's City Hall Market (later named Central Market) from 1861 until 1893. Its forty-eight cast-iron columns supported sawn-lumber rafters and a slate roof. The city moved it to Belle Isle in 1894 where it served many purposes including housing a riding academy. When labeled for demolition in 2003, The Henry Ford acquired and dismantled it for reconstruction in Greenfield Village.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Digital photograph
Date Made
30 July 2003
Subject Date
30 July 2003
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.377.77
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Digital photography (Digital camera)
Color
Multicolored
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ArtifactDetroit Central Market, Built 1860
The Detroit Central Market's vegetable shed sheltered vendors and customers from 1861 to 1894. The structure was then removed to Belle Isle and was slated for demolition in 2003 when The Henry Ford acquired it. The reconstructed building--which opened in Greenfield Village in 2022--includes several original cast-iron columns and ornamental woodwork, siding, and other details that convey the Swiss-Chalet aesthetic of the original design.