| Fair Lane | |
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| Location: | Dearborn, MI |
| Built/Founded: | 1909 |
| Architect: | Van Tine,William |
| Architectural style(s): | Other |
| Added to NRHP: | November 13, 1966 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000399 [1] |
| Governing body: | Private |
Fair Lane was the name of Henry Ford and Clara Ford's estate in Dearborn, Michigan. Dearborn is a city in the US state of Michigan. It is located in the Detroit metropolitan area and Wayne County, and is the tenth largest The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Henry Ford ( July 30, 1863 &ndash April 7, 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of Dearborn is a city in the US state of Michigan. It is located in the Detroit metropolitan area and Wayne County, and is the tenth largest It was named after an area in County Cork where his adoptive grandfather, Patrick Ahern, was born. County Cork (Contae Chorcaí is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. The extensive 1300 acre (5. 3 km²) estate along the River Rouge included a large limestone house, electrical power plant on the dammed river, boathouse, stables and gardens designed by Jens Jensen. The River Rouge, also known as the Rouge River, is a River in the Metro Detroit area of southeastern Michigan. Jens Jensen ( September 13, 1860 - October 1, 1951) was a Danish born American Landscape architect. The estate was eventually donated to the University of Michigan for a new Dearborn campus. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research Part of it is preserved as a historic landmark,and part as a wooded nature area.
Frank Lloyd Wright participated in the initial design for Henry Ford's Fair Lane estate;[2] however, Wright eloped to Europe and Marion Mahony Griffin designed the house in an imitation of Wright's Prairie Style. Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8 1867 &ndash April 9 1959 was an American (of Welsh descent Architect, Interior designer, Writer, and educator who Henry Ford ( July 30, 1863 &ndash April 7, 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of Marion Lucy Mahony Griffin (born February 14 1871 in Chicago, died August 10 1961 in Chicago was a celebrated American Prairie School was a late 19th and early 20th century architectural style most common to the Midwestern United States. Henry Ford and his wife took a trip to Europe and on returning dismissed this architect and used William H. Van Tine to add English manor house details to the design. The house with 56 rooms and 31,000 square feet (3,000 m²) was considered less grandiose than other great houses of the era. It included an indoor pool and bowling alley. The pool is now covered over and serves as a restaurant.
The powerhouse had its cornerstone laid by Thomas Alva Edison and with hydropower not only powered the estate, but a part of the town of Dearborn as well. Hydropower, hydraulic power or water power is power that is derived from the Force or Energy of moving water which may It included the estate's garage and on the upper level a laboratory where Ford worked on engine designs. The powerhouse is also built of limestone in the Prairie Style.
Several gardens, lawns and flower beds surround the house. The largest, the "Path of the Setting Sun" is aligned so that the setting sun of the summer solstice shows through a gap in the trees at the end of the meadow. Solstices occur twice a year when the tilt of the Earth's axis is most oriented toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to reach its northernmost and southernmost extremes
The boathouse allowed Henry Ford to travel on the Rouge River in his electric boat. The staff's houses and pony barn are used by the University of Michigan-Dearborn, one of which contains a child development center. The University of Michigan-Dearborn, located in Dearborn Michigan, USA, is a coeducational nationally ranked masters-level public university which is part of the
Some 72 acres (290,000 m²) of the original estate are managed as a National Historic Landmark. A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the
The Fairlane line of Ford autos was named after the estate. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following
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Photo gallery
 Front entrance. |
 Power house. |
 North east side. |
 South side. |
 Southwest side. |
 Northwest side. |
 Patio. |
 Patio. |
 Garage. |
 River Rouge. The River Rouge, also known as the Rouge River, is a River in the Metro Detroit area of southeastern Michigan. |
 Burroughs Grotto. |
See also
Notes
- ^ National Register Information System. The architecture of metropolitan Detroit Michigan continues to attract the attention of architects and preservationists alike Tourism in metropolitan Detroit Michigan is a significant factor for the region's culture and for its economy, comprising nine percent of the area's National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor
- ^ A&E, with Richard Guy Wilson, Ph. D. ,(2000). America's Castles: The Auto Baron Estates, A&E Television Network
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