It's sad to see the wrought iron gates of Rose Terrace when you drive by and see that they enclose a subdivision of smaller homes. I remember seeing the house from the street in its' heyday.

If there's one positive that came from the sad demise of Rose Terrace, it's that Eleanor Clay Ford saw with horror what happened to Rose Terrace and its' contents. She prudently left in her will for the preservation and endowment of her Gaukler Point estate now known as the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House.

The one major loss though was the fact that each of the 4 Ford children got one of the major paintings in the house. Eldest son Henry Ford II sold his Renoir [[$18 million, IIRC)... while the other 3 children donated theirs to the DIA, with facsimilies hanging in the house. And of course there are still a few premier paintings [[such as a Cezanne and Degas) still hanging in the house.

One of the most astonishing things about Rose Terrace is that it had nearly twice the floorspace of the Ford House.