Spofford Sawmill during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, October 2002

THF19317 / Spofford Sawmill during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, October 2002

Artifact Overview

By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital photograph

Date Made

October 2002

Subject Date

October 2002

Creators

Henry Ford (Organization). Photographic Department

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.4800

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: undefined in
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Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Digital photographs Digital images Photographs Construction Open-air museums Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Greenfield Village Restoration Project, 2002-2003 Spofford Sawmill

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Spofford Sawmill
Sawmills were among the first mills in new settlements, supplying lumber for people's homes and barns. Henry Ford had this mill built in Greenfield Village to house early up-and-down sawmill machinery. One of the large beams holding up the building came from a water-powered sawmill that George Spofford operated in Georgetown, Massachusetts, back in the 1600s.