Ford–Bacon House
Ford–Bacon House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Michigan State Historic Site | |
Location | 45 Vinewood, Wyandotte, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 42°12′26″N 83°8′54″W / 42.20722°N 83.14833°WCoordinates: 42°12′26″N 83°8′54″W / 42.20722°N 83.14833°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1897 |
Architect | Malcomson & Higginbotham |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 97001476[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 01, 1997 |
Designated MSHS | February 19, 1987[2] |
The Ford–Bacon House is located at 45 Vinewood in Wyandotte, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1987[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1] It is now used as the Bacon Memorial District Library.[3][4]
History[]
Edward Ford (also the builder of the George P. MacNichol House across the street)[5] was the son of plate glass pioneer John Baptiste Ford and the founder of the in Wyandotte and the Ford Plate Glass Company in Toledo, Ohio, (later the Libbey–Owens–Ford Company).[6] In 1897, Ford hired Malcomson & Higginbotham to design this house for himself and his wife Carrie.[2][3] Ford lived in the house only a short time before moving to Toledo, Ohio in 1900.[2] Ford's son, John B Ford, occupied the house from 1900 to 1902,[3] and in 1902, Edward Ford's daughter Mary Ford Bacon and her husband Mark R. Bacon moved in.[2] The couple lived here from 1902 to 1942, although they spent a considerable number of their later years in California.[7] When Mark Bacon died in 1942, Mary gave the house to the Wyandotte Public School System.[7] 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.[2][7] The house measures 62 feet by 95 feet, sits on four city lots, and contains 27 rooms and 11 fireplaces.[3][7] A wide porch extends along the front and side of the house, and the hipped roof was originally covered with black slate.[7] 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.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ford–Bacon House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Ford–Bacon Memorial House Virtual Tour". Bacon Memorial District Library. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- ^ Ren Farley. "Edward Ford – Mary Bacon Home / Bacon Memorial District Library". Detroit1701.org. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- ^ "Ford-MacNichol Home History". Wyandotte Museums. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- ^ "MacNichol, George P., House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on August 28, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Ken Munson (2007), Wyandotte, Arcadia Publishing, pp. 91–93, ISBN 0-7385-5103-1
External links[]
Media related to Ford–Bacon House at Wikimedia Commons
- Bacon Memorial District Library - includes online tour
- 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