Henry Ford House

Henry and Clara Ford lived here from 1908 to 1915 as the first of a community of automobile magnates to reside in Detroit’s Boston-Edison neighborhood. Their Italian Renaissance Revival house, designed by Malcomson, Higginbotham and Clement of Detroit, was completed in 1908, and its elaborate gardens were designed by T. Glenn Phillips. The Fords built a machine shop above the garage for their son Edsel, who showed a keen interest in automobile design. These seven years were the most creative of Henry Ford’s career, as his Model T, mass production methods, and wage-price theories all commenced here, revolutionizing American life and industry and reverberating around the world. In 1915 the Fords moved to Fair Lane, their estate in Dearborn.

Detroit, Michigan · United States