Robert Frost Home at Its Original Site, Ann Arbor, Michigan, circa 1923
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Henry Ford had this house -- built in the 1830s in Ann Arbor, Michigan -- added to his collection of historic buildings in the 1930s. The structure would represent 19th-century Greek Revival architecture in Ford's Greenfield Village. In the early 2000s, museum staff renamed the house to honor the famous American poet Robert Frost, who lived there in the mid-1920s.
Henry Ford had this house -- built in the 1830s in Ann Arbor, Michigan -- added to his collection of historic buildings in the 1930s. The structure would represent 19th-century Greek Revival architecture in Ford's Greenfield Village. In the early 2000s, museum staff renamed the house to honor the famous American poet Robert Frost, who lived there in the mid-1920s.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1932
Subject Date
10 September 1923
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.68
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.50 in
Width: 11.25 in
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