Henry Ford and Clara Bryant were married on April 11, 1888, and soon afterward construction began on this one-bedroom house in Dearborn, known as both the Honeymoon House and the Square House. Ford built it himself using timber cut and sawed at his sawmill, while his bride provided the specifications for the kitchen, sitting room, parlor, and bedroom. He later added his workshop, where he often experimented with gasoline engines. In 1891 the Fords left the house for Detroit, where Ford's career as an automaker began, but they kept it as a summer cottage until 1937. Ford then gave it to his friend Robert Smith, now known for his soybean research. After the Fords died, Ford Land Development Corporation acquired the land where the house stood, and Smith was told to move the house or tear it down. He moved it here on the anniversary of Ford's birthday, July 30, 1952, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.