Edsel B. Ford House built by Albert Kahn in 1927. Research of quaint Cotswold houses of Worcestershire resulted in duplication of original building with additions built through the years and centuries to give characteristic rambling appearance. Faced with Briar Hill sandstone and roof stones imported from England along with workmen to properly place them. Interior includes imported weathered oak, huge fireplaces, paneling etc… hundreds of years old.
Museum Gallery
Edsel B. Ford House built by Albert Kahn in 1927.
Object ID: 2002-001-876
Collection: Biography, Walnut LakeSubjects: iceboat, photographic, print
Albert Kahn House (1906)
Object ID: 2002-001-875
Date: 1906
Collection: Biography, Walnut LakeSubjects: iceboat, photographic, print
Albert Kahn House (1906), built by Kahn, located on the southeast corner of Mack Avenue and John R. Notes: Oppressive souvenirs of Middle Ages all but vanished, windows grouped according to internal needs, and contrasting materials on different floor levels provides horizontal emphasis.
Howard House – Pine Lake
Object ID: 2002-001-874
Collection: Biography, Pine LakeSubjects: iceboat, photographic, print
Howard House – Pine Lake
Howard House – Pine Lake
Object ID: 2002-001-873
Collection: Biography, Pine LakeSubjects: iceboat, photographic, print
Howard House – Pine Lake
Carrie Smith, A. Hiller, Laura Welch Roach
Object ID: 2002-001-872
Date: 1911
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: house, photographic, print, Upper Straits Lake
Carrie Smith was wife of Isaac Welch (son of Elizabeth Welch), A. Hiller was wife of Jacob Hiller, Laura Welch Roach (infant) is about one-year-old in the photograph taken in 1911.
William Higby scooping out for basement on Lot #13 (1939).
Object ID: 2002-001-871
Date: 1939
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: house, Orchard Lake, photographic, print
William Higby scooping out for basement on Lot #13 (1939).
Leman Cleveland – Haskins Collection
Object ID: 2002-001-870
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: house, Orchard Lake, photographic, print
Leman Cleveland – Haskins Collection
Harold Haskins’ sister Margarite.
Object ID: 2002-001-869
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: house, Orchard Lake, photographic, print
Harold Haskins’ sister Margarite.
Note – Haskins Collection
Object ID: 2002-001-868
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: house, Orchard Lake, photographic, print
Note – Haskins Collection
Susan Hersey Haskins
Object ID: 2002-001-867
People: Haskins, Susan Hersey
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: house, Orchard Lake, photographic, print
Susan Hersey Haskins
Haran Haskins
Object ID: 2002-001-866
People: Haskins, Haran
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: house, Orchard Lake, photographic, print
Haran Haskins
Harold Haskins and his Father, Rush
Object ID: 2002-001-865
People: Haskins, Harold
Collection: LakesSubjects: house, Orchard Lake, photographic, print
Harold Haskins and his Father, Rush
Harold Haskins
Object ID: 2002-001-864
People: Haskins, Harold
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: farming, house, photographic, print
Harold Haskins
Harold Haskins – Polar Bear 310th Engineers
Object ID: 2002-001-863
People: Haskins, Harold
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Cass Lake, Copeland, house, notice, photographic, print, sign
Harold Haskins – Polar Bear 310th Engineers
Riene Haskins in College
Object ID: 2002-001-862
People: Haskins, Riene
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Cass Lake, house, photographic, print
Riene Haskins in College
Harold Haskins skating on Walnut Lake
Object ID: 2002-001-861
People: Haskins, Harold
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Cass Lake, house, photographic, print
Harold Haskins skating on Walnut Lake
Nellie Cooper – related to James Fenimore Cooper.
Object ID: 2002-001-860
People: Cooper, Nellie
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: house, MMA, photographic, print
Nellie Cooper – related to James Fenimore Cooper.
Haskins Walnut Lake Home
Object ID: 2002-001-859
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: house, MMA, photographic, print
Haskins Walnut Lake Home
Dr. Campbell Harvey residence in Orchard Lake.
Object ID: 2002-001-858
Collection: Biography, Orchard LakeSubjects: house, MMA, photographic, print
Dr. Campbell Harvey residence in Orchard Lake. The home was built in about 1926. Wrote Auld Lang Syne.
Laura Harger, husband Wilson, housekeeper, Wilson’s mother, Douglas
Object ID: 2002-001-857
People: Harger, Lara Todd
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: house, MMA, photographic, print
Left to Right: Laura Harger, husband Wilson, housekeeper, Wilson’s mother, Douglas (Laura’s son – he married Isabel).
Laura Todd Harger
Object ID: 2002-001-856
People: Harger, Lara Todd
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Photo
Laura Todd Harger. First female to server West Bloomfield Township as clerk. Elected in 1919 at age 43.
Lara (1876-1947) and Gay Todd (1871-1933)
Object ID: 2002-001-855
Collection: Michigan Military AcademySubjects: Photo
Lara (1876-1947) and Gay Todd (1871-1933)
Lara Todd Harger
Object ID: 2002-001-854
People: Harger, Lara Todd
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: house, photographic, print
Lara Todd Harger
Win Hamlin
Object ID: 2002-001-853
People: Hamlin, Win
Collection: BiographySubjects: house, photographic, print
Win Hamlin
Win Hamlin
Object ID: 2002-001-852
People: Hamlin, Win
Collection: BiographySubjects: house, photographic, print
Win Hamlin
Win Hamlin
Object ID: 2002-001-851
People: Hamlin, Win
Collection: BiographySubjects: house, photographic, print
Win Hamlin
Ernest Green House
Object ID: 2002-001-850
Collection: BiographySubjects: house, photographic, print
Ernest Green House – Donald Green Collection
Donald Green Collection
Object ID: 2002-001-849
Collection: BiographySubjects: Photo
Donald Green Collection
Howard Green home and Green school
Object ID: 2002-001-848
Collection: BiographySubjects: Photo
Howard Green home and Green school (looking from Tam-o-shanter) – Donald Green Collection
Homestead Orchard’s sales room
Object ID: 2002-001-847
Collection: BusinessesSubjects: house, photographic, print
Homestead Orchard’s sales room – Donald Green Collection
Apple storage Homestead Orchards
Object ID: 2002-001-846
Collection: BusinessesSubjects: DeConick, Hotel, photographic, print
Apple storage Homestead Orchards – Donald Green Collection
Donald Green Collection
Object ID: 2002-001-845
Collection: BiographySubjects: Hotel, photographic, print
Donald Green Collection
Howard Green upon graduation from University of Michigan in 1912
Object ID: 2002-001-844
Date: 1912
People: Green, Howard
Collection: BiographySubjects: Hotel, photographic, print
Howard Green upon graduation from University of Michigan in 1912 – Donald Green Collection
Donald, Dorothy and Elizabeth Green
Object ID: 2002-001-843
Collection: BiographySubjects: Hotel, Key
Donald, Dorothy and Elizabeth Green – Donald Green Collection
Donald Green Collection
Object ID: 2002-001-842
Collection: BiographySubjects: Hotel, Woodcut
Donald Green Collection
Howard Green House
Object ID: 2002-001-840
Collection: BiographySubjects: Hotel, photographic, print
Howard Green House – Donald Green Collection
Donald Green Collection
Object ID: 2002-001-839
Collection: BiographySubjects: Hotel, photographic, print
Donald Green Collection
Matilda Harger Green, wife of Howard Green
Object ID: 2002-001-838
People: Green, Matilda
Collection: BiographySubjects: Hotel, photographic, print
Matilda Harger Green, wife of Howard Green – Donald Green Collection
Howard and Matilda Green
Object ID: 2002-001-837
People: Green, Howard, Green, Matilda
Collection: BiographySubjects: Hotel, postcard
Howard and Matilda Green – Donald Green Collection
Hartwell Green Home
Object ID: 2002-001-836
Collection: West BloomfieldSubjects: Hotel, postcard
Donald Green Collection – Hartwell Green Home
Donald Green Collection – Harger Green
Object ID: 2002-001-835
People: Green, Harger
Collection: BiographySubjects: Hotel, postcard
Donald Green Collection – Harger Green
Donald Green Collection
Object ID: 2002-001-834
Collection: BiographySubjects: Hotel, postcard
Donald Green Collection
Donald Green Collection – Basket of Apples
Object ID: 2002-001-833
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Hotel, postcard
Donald Green Collection – Basket of Apples
Donald Green Collection
Object ID: 2002-001-832
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Hotel, postcard
Donald Green Collection
Donald Green Collection – West Bloomfield High school in the background.
Object ID: 2002-001-831
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Hotel, photographic, print
Donald Green Collection – West Bloomfield High school in the background.
Harger Green (left) and Donald Green
Object ID: 2002-001-830
People: Green, Donald Green, Harger
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Browning, gate, gatehouse, photographic, print, Watkins
Harger Green (left) and Donald Green (right) at tea in the Hartwell Green Home on Orchard Lake Road.
Donald Green spraying fruit trees
Object ID: 2002-001-829
People: Green, Donald
Collection: Biography, Businesses, West BloomfieldSubjects: gatehouse, photographic, print, Webb
Donald Green spraying fruit trees – Donald Green Collection
Donald Green spraying fruit trees
Object ID: 2002-001-828
People: Green, Donald
Collection: Biography, Businesses, West BloomfieldSubjects: gate, photographic, print, Webb
Donald Green spraying fruit trees – Donald Green Collection.
Donald, Dorothy and Elizabeth Green
Object ID: 2002-001-827
People: Green, Donald Green, Elizabeth Green, Dorothy
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: gate, photographic, print, Webb
Donald, Dorothy and Elizabeth Green – Donald Green Collection
Donald and Elizabeth Green, Children of Howard and Matilda Green
Object ID: 2002-001-826
People: Green, Donald Green, Elizabeth
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: gate, photographic, print, Webb
Donald and Elizabeth Green, Children of Howard and Matilda Green – Donald Green Collection.
Howard Green House
Object ID: 2002-001-841
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Hotel, photographic, print
Howard Green House – Donald Green Collection
H. Will Green House
Object ID: 2002-001-825
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: gate, photographic, print, Webb
H. Will Green House – Donald Green Collection.
Ernest Green Home
Object ID: 2002-001-824
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: gate, photographic, print, Webb
Ernest Green Home – Donald Green Collection
Hartwell Green House
Object ID: 2002-001-823
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins
Hartwell Green House – Donald Green Collection
Howard Green Home and Green school
Object ID: 2002-001-822
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins
Howard Green Home and Green school – Donald Green Collection.
Green Road – Donald Green Collection.
Object ID: 2002-001-821
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins
Green Road – Donald Green Collection.
Sunday school Class at Greenfield Village.
Object ID: 2002-001-820
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins
Sunday school Class at Greenfield Village.
Donald Green Collection
Object ID: 2002-001-819
People: Green, H. Will Barbour, Charlie Green, Ada Green, Mary Jane
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins
Left to Right: (Top Row) H. Will Green, Charlie Barbour, (Bottom Row) Ada Green, Mary Jane Green.
Green Family Outing.
Object ID: 2002-001-818
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins
Green Family Outing.
Indian artifacts from Green Centennial Farm site.
Object ID: 2002-001-817
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins
Indian artifacts from Green Centennial Farm site.
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #13
Object ID: 2002-001-816
Date: 1972
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: gate, photographic, print
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #13
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #12
Object ID: 2002-001-815
Date: 1972
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: gate, photographic, print
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #12
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #11
Object ID: 2002-001-814
Date: 1972
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: farming, photographic, print
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #11
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #10
Object ID: 2002-001-813
Date: 1972
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: farming, photographic, print
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #10
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #9
Object ID: 2002-001-812
Date: 1972
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: farming, photographic, print
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #9
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #8
Object ID: 2002-001-811
Date: 1972
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: farming, photographic, print
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #8
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #5
Object ID: 2002-001-810
Date: 1972
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: farming, photographic, print
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #5
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #4
Object ID: 2002-001-809
Date: 1972
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: boat, photographic, print
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #4
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #3
Object ID: 2002-001-808
Date: 1972
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: boat, photographic, print
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #3
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #2
Object ID: 2002-001-807
Date: 1972
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: boat, photographic, print
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #2
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #1
Object ID: 2002-001-806
Date: 1972
Collection: Biography, Schools, West BloomfieldSubjects: boat, photographic, print
Aerial of Wendell Green Farm (1972) #1
Howard Green House
Object ID: 2002-001-805
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
Howard Green House
Howard Green House
Object ID: 2002-001-804
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
Howard Green House
Howard Green House
Object ID: 2002-001-803
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
Howard Green House
Levi Green Ceremony (1976) at Pine Lake Cemetary.
Object ID: 2002-001-802
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
Levi Green Ceremony (1976) at Pine Lake Cemetary.
Levi Green Ceremony (1976) at Pine Lake Cemetary.
Object ID: 2002-001-801
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
Levi Green Ceremony (1976) at Pine Lake Cemetary.
Levi Green Ceremony (1976) at Pine Lake Cemetary.
Object ID: 2002-001-800
Collection: Biography, Fire Department, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
Levi Green Ceremony (1976) at Pine Lake Cemetary.
Levi Green Ceremony (1976) at Pine Lake Cemetary.
Object ID: 2002-001-799
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
Levi Green Ceremony (1976) at Pine Lake Cemetary.
John German House
Object ID: 2002-001-798
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
John German House located on the north side of 14 Mile Road between Middlebelt and Inkster.
George German House
Object ID: 2002-001-797
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
George German House located at 28720 W. 14 Mile Road (Between Middlebelt and Inkster).
Hugh Oswald Home (Formerly German House).
Object ID: 2002-001-796
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
Hugh Oswald Home (Formerly German House) located at 28720 W. Fourteen Mile Rd.
German – Oswald Bedroom
Object ID: 2002-001-795
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
German – Oswald Bedroom
German – Oswald living room
Object ID: 2002-001-794
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
German – Oswald living room
German – Oswald Carriage and Barn
Object ID: 2002-001-793
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
German – Oswald Carriage and Barn
German – Oswald House
Object ID: 2002-001-792
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
German – Oswald House
German – Oswald House
Object ID: 2002-001-791
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
German – Oswald House
German House (1983)
Object ID: 2002-001-790
Collection: Biography, West BloomfieldSubjects: photographic, print
German House (1983)
At the Beach by Roy C. Gamble (1922).
Object ID: 2002-001-789
Collection: Biography, Gamble, Sylvan LakeSubjects: photographic, print
At the Beach by Roy C. Gamble (1922).
Drummer Boy by Roy C. Gamble (1922).
Object ID: 2002-001-788
Collection: Biography, Gamble, Sylvan LakeSubjects: photographic, print
Drummer Boy by Roy C. Gamble (1922).
Summer at the Lake by Roy C. Gamble (1940).
Object ID: 2002-001-787
Collection: Biography, Gamble, Sylvan LakeSubjects: photographic, print
Summer at the Lake by Roy C. Gamble (1940).