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I've been going through some old books lately and saw pictures of the HP model T plant and noticed there appears to be a house of some sort on the property. Just north of the two remaining administration buildings fronting Woodward at the foot of Bartlett there's the remains of a circular driveway. In the attached picture you'll see what looks like a house in the lower left corner. Anybody know what this structure was?
I believe that there was an orphanage on the grounds prior to the factory. It later was used as a tech school for Ford, or something like that.
It was the St Francis Home for Orphan Boys, which relocated to the corner of Linwood & Fenkell around the time of World War I. The building on Woodward later became the Lawrence Institute of Technology, before moving to Southfield.
Thanks, a couple of more brain cells fired and I was just going to post that info. There's a small photo of it at this link:Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeM
http://www.ltu.edu/news/history.asp
Here's a look at it from the north side: http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...ND-2%5D34158_2
Thanks, you guys are awesome!
You're welcome. From what I can tell, the orphanage moved out in 1916-1917 after occupying the building for only a decade. This link: http://www.local387.org/apprentice/a...ce_history.htm says Ford moved his trade school into the building in 1919. The trade school relocated to the Rouge complex in 1932; that's when the Lawrence Institute was started. They moved out in 1955 and it was demolished within the year.
Speaking of the St Francis Home for Boys:
http://www.freep.com/article/2011051...xt%7CFRONTPAGE
http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.d...W=640&Border=0
Yes, I second that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bcscott
For anyone not familiar with the location, this is where this house was located.