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Saturday Snapshot - Edsel & Eleanor Ford House

12/12/2015

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Over Thanksgiving weekend, my family and I took a trip down to Detroit (technically Grosse Pointe Shores) to visit the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House. Edsel was the only son of Henry Ford. He raised his family of four children in this mansion on the shores of Lake St. Clair.
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This is the gatehouse and garage, where the cars (all Fords, of course) were kept.
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This is the playhouse given to Edsel and Eleanor's only daughter, Josephine, on her seventh birthday.
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This is the house. It was built in 1927 and is about 20,000 square feet.
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This is the one picture I snapped of the interior before I was told that I couldn't take pictures inside the house.
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The house was fully decked out for Christmas. This is a glimpse of one of the many Christmas trees, viewed through one of the many leaded glass windows.

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brona link
12/12/2015 07:41:46 pm

What an extraordinary house!
I also smiled at the Grosse Point reference - I loved the movie with John Cusack and Minnie Driver set in GP, but didn't make the car connection as to why there were so many palatial homes in the movie!
Now I know :-)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
12/13/2015 04:47:44 pm

I haven't seen that movie, but your connection is certainly right! Those auto makers also made a lot of money. :)

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Kate @ Mom's Radius link
12/12/2015 08:25:36 pm

Whoa. What a house! I've been to the Ford house in Ft Myers. It's not nearly that grand but of course it was only a summer home. Great pictures.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
12/13/2015 04:48:25 pm

It really was a beautiful house, and we only got to see about a third of it!

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Ginny
12/13/2015 06:47:44 am

I have to admit that at first glance I thought you were in Britain. Not just the beautiful old house, but also the rainy weather.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
12/13/2015 04:48:53 pm

It certainly had a British atmosphere! :)

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