Scotch Settlement School
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Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
Artifact
School (Building)
Date Made
1861
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Creator Notes
Originally built in 1861 in Deaborn, Michigan on Warren Avenue, east of Southfield.
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Chapman, John Brainard, 1842-1902
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Main Street District
Object ID
29.3057.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Brick (Clay material)
Wood (Plant material)
Stone (Worked rock)
Glass (Material)
Inscriptions
Stone marker above doorway: DEARBORN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 1 A.D. 1861
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