The Ford–Bacon House is located at 45 Vinewood in

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. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1987 and listed on the

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in 1997. It is now used as the Bacon Memorial District Library.

History

Edward Ford (also the builder of the

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across the street) was the son of plate glass pioneer

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and the founder of the

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in Wyandotte and the Ford Plate Glass Company in

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, (later the

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Company). In 1897, Ford hired

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to design this house for himself and his wife Carrie. Ford lived in the house only a short time before moving to

in 1900. Ford's son, John B Ford, occupied the house from 1900 to 1902, and in 1902, Edward Ford's daughter Mary Ford Bacon and her husband

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moved in. The couple lived here from 1902 to 1942, although they spent a considerable number of their later years in

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. When Mark Bacon died in 1942, Mary gave the house to the Wyandotte Public School System. The building now serves as the public library.

Description

The Ford–Bacon House is a four-story Queen Anne house built from buff-colored brick with red sandstone trim. The house measures 62 feet by 95 feet, sits on four city lots, and contains 27 rooms and 11 fireplaces. A wide porch extends along the front and side of the house, and the hipped roof was originally covered with black slate. A four-story bell tower is located in the rear, and the house features gabled dormers, a two-story side bay, and square brick chimneys.

References

External links

Bacon Memorial District Library
- includes online tour {{DEFAULTSORT:Ford-Bacon House Houses in Wayne County, Michigan Houses completed in 1897 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan Michigan State Historic Sites in Wayne County, Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, Michigan Queen Anne architecture in Michigan