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The Wright Family home (1871) where Wilbur & Orville designed their airplane, moved from Dayton, OH to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Wright Cycle Shop (1875) where Wright brothers earned money to support airplane invention, moved from Dayton, OH to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | One-quarter size replica (1945) at Greenfield Village of Henry Ford's first 1903 factory where the Model T was created. Dearborn, MI. | Armington & Sims Machine Shop (built 1929) in Greenfield Village recreates a typical shop in Providence, RI. Dearborn, MI. |
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Heinz House (1854) moved to Greenfield Village from Sharpsburg, PA, where H.J. Heinz created his technique of bottling horseradish & went on to find a pickle empire. Dearborn, MI. | Elizabeth Cohen Millinery (1880) moved to Greenfield Village from downtown Detroit. Dearborn, MI. | Sir John Bennett Jewelry Shop recreated (1931) at Greenfield Village using original decorate elements from London, England. Dearborn, MI. | Dragon weather vane atop Sir John Bennett Jewelry Shop at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Clock on Sir John Bennett Jewelry Shop at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Carved bell ringing figures on clock tower of Sir John Bennett Jewelry Shop at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Golden winged-bell ringing figure on clock tower of Sir John Bennett Jewelry Shop at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | bell ringing king on clock tower of Sir John Bennett Jewelry Shop at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Model T passes Bennett Jewelry Shop at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Antique Ford bus at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Antique Ford car at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Grimm Jewelry Store (1885) moved to Greenfield Village from Detroit. Dearborn, MI. |
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Silver coffee salver in Grimm Jewelry Store at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Selection of watch fobs in Grimm Jewelry Store at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Antique heating stove in Grimm Jewelry Store at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Noah Webster House (1823) where Webster wrote his American English Dictionary, moved from New Haven, CT to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Robert Frost House (1835) where the poet wrote major works, moved from Ann Arbor, MI to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Charles Steinmetz Cabin (1896) where the renowned electrical engineer did inventive thinking, moved from Mohawk Valley, NY to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | William Holmes McGuffey log cabin birthplace (1790) where the author of the "Eclectic Readers" was born, moved from Washington County, PA to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Interior of single room of William Holmes McGuffey birthplace log cabin at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Logan County Courthouse (1840) where Abraham Lincoln tried cases as circuit rider (1840-47), moved from Postville (now Lincoln), IL to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Interior of Logan County Courthouse where Lincoln tried cases as a traveling lawyer. Dearborn, MI. | Village Green of Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Martha-Mary Chapel (1929) which Ford had built on Village Green of Greenfield Village as a tribute to his mother & mother-in-law. Dearborn, MI. |
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Steeple of Martha-Mary Chapel. Dearborn, MI. | Suffragettes in period costumes at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Eagle Tavern (1831), moved from Clinton, MI to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Scotch Settlement School (1861) where Henry Ford attended classes, moved from Dearborn, MI to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Horse-drawn Omnibus at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Horse-drawn Omnibus at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Suwanee Steamboat (1929) is small version of riverboat at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Giddings Family Home (1750) where a New England shipbuilder & merchant lived, moved from Exeter, NH to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Daggett Farmhouse (1754) an example of an early colonial farm, moved from Andover, CT to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Farris Windmill (mid 1600s) said to be oldest windmill in America, moved from Cape Cod, MA to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Rocks Village Tollhouse (1828) which collected fees from travelers crossing Merrimac River, moved from Rocks Village, MA to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Fares posted on Rocks Village Tollhouse ranging from horse & rider 5 cents, to score of hogs 8 cents, to chariots at 25 cents at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Ackley Covered Bridge (1932) which originally crossed Wheeling Creek, moved from West Finley, PA to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Grounds of Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Ford Childhood House (1861) where Henry Ford grew up with parents William & Mary Ford + 5 brothers & sisters, moved from Springwells Township, MI to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Village gardens along Ford Road in Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Loranger Gristmill (1830) ground corn & wheat by water power until the 1890s, moved from Stony Creek, Monroe, MI to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Sandwich Glass Factory rebuilt at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Knitting loom at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Early American industrial area of Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Artistic pottery produced at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Cotswold Cottage (early 1600s) with stone roof, moved from Chedworth, Gloucester, England to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Garden of Cotswold Cottage at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | English garden of Cotswold Cottage at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Flower display of Cotswold Cottage at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Dressed frog on Herschell-Spillman Carousel at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Statue of Thomas Alva Edison (1949) by James Earle Fraser at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Replica of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Incandescent light bulb in Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Belt driven machine shop in Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Replica of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Office & Library at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Sarah Jordan Boarding House (1870) where a dozen of Edison's male workers roomed, moved from Menlo Park, NJ to Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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Foyer of Sarah Jordan Boarding House, one of first American homes wired for electricity, at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Kitchen of Sarah Jordan Boarding House at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. | Tourist steam train ride at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI. |
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