Edsel and Eleanor Ford Mansion Makes List of National Historic Places

GROSSE POINTE SHORES, MI — The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores has ben named a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service, the Detroit Free Press reported. The 86-acre estate at 1100 Lakeshore Drive has the dual appeal of not only of being the home of automobile pioneer Henry Ford's son but also one co-designed by Edsel Ford and legendary architect Albert Kahn, one of Detroit's signature architects at the time, Ford House President Kathleen Mullins told the Free Press. Now operated a a museum with valuable art collection that at one time included a painting that was sold to a pivate collector for $100 million, the Ford House is the 42nd Michigan site to be named a National Historic Landmark.

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