Chapman Family Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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During the 1870s, John B. Chapman and his wife Susie lived in a simple farmhouse. Chapman taught several terms in the one-room schools of his southeast Michigan rural community. Young Henry Ford was one of his pupils. Ford later purchased the home for his outdoor museum in Dearborn, Michigan. This image shows the building's interior as it looked in 2007.
During the 1870s, John B. Chapman and his wife Susie lived in a simple farmhouse. Chapman taught several terms in the one-room schools of his southeast Michigan rural community. Young Henry Ford was one of his pupils. Ford later purchased the home for his outdoor museum in Dearborn, Michigan. This image shows the building's interior as it looked in 2007.
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
September 2007
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Chapman, John Brainard, 1842-1902
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.171.787
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
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