From Farmland to Great Estate

From Farmland to Great Estate (HM1OI3)

Location: Dearborn, MI 48128 Wayne County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 18.859', W 83° 13.951'

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Once open farmland, the osage-orage tree hedge on the right still exists. It dates from the 1800's farming community that formed the boyhood environment of Henry Ford. Landscape designer Jens Jensen told the Fords he would transform the land back " . . . to the way it was when the Indians skied down the banks of the Rouge." By incorporating then newly-discovered principles of ecology, Jensen was able to create a tapestry of meadows and forests from soybean and corn fields which, when combined with the proximity of water, helped screen out the pressures of modern living.

By the late 1920's, the estate consisted of approximately 1,300 acres and included orchards and agricultural fields, seven gardens, greenhouses, servant cottages, a boathouse, a skating house, a maple sugar shack, a pony barn, and a hydroelectric powerhouse to generate electricity.
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HM NumberHM1OI3
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Placed ByHenry Ford Estate and MotorCities National Heritage Area
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, October 9th, 2015 at 9:02am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 316016 N 4687089
Decimal Degrees42.31431667, -83.23251667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 18.859', W 83° 13.951'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 18' 51.54" N, 83° 13' 57.06" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)313
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 577-661 Fair Ln Dr, Dearborn MI 48128, US
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