Eagle Tavern during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, May 2003
THF11093 / Eagle Tavern during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, May 2003
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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
May 2003
Subject Date
May 2003
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.6816
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
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ArtifactEagle Tavern
This stagecoach tavern was built in 1831 in Clinton, Michigan, 50 miles west of Detroit. Taverns dotted the American countryside during the first half of the 1800s, a period of massive migration, new settlement, and rapid change in a young America. From 1849-1854, farmer Calvin Wood operated this tavern, offering food, drink, and accommodations to travelers who passed through his village.