Plot Plan Showing Layout of Sanitary Sewer, Colonial Village Development for Dearborn Inn, January 1937
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Artifact Overview
By the mid-1930s, the Dearborn Inn, a popular luxury hotel, required additional accommodations to service travelers and visitors to the Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford). The L.G. Treadway Service Corporation consulted with Edsel Ford about proposed upgrades that included a swimming pool, pool house, landscaping, and a "Colonial Village" of guest houses (replicas of homes famous in American history).
Artifact Details
Artifact
Design drawing
Date Made
15 January 1937
Subject Date
15 January 1937
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Drawing by architect Charles M. Hart for L. G. Treadway Service Corporation, manager of the Dearborn Inn for Oakwood Hotel Company.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
59.13.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Charles M. Hart.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Drawing (Image-making)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 23.313 in
Width: 34.813 in
Inscriptions
Bottom right corner: LAYOUT OF SANITARY SEWER/...
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