Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House is a mansion located at 1100 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Shores, northeast of Detroit, Michigan; it stands on the site known as "Gaukler Point", on the shore of Lake St. Clair.Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Manor estate
- Description: historic home in Michigan, USA
- Also known as: “Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include W. Hawkins Ferry House and Grosse Pointe North High School.
W. Hawkins Ferry House
House
The W. Hawkins Ferry House, or William Hawkins Ferry House, is a private house located at 874 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. W. Hawkins Ferry House is situated 1 mile south of Edsel and Eleanor Ford House.
Grosse Pointe North High School
School
Grosse Pointe North High School is a public high school in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. North is a four-year comprehensive high school with an enrollment of around 1,400 and expected 2016 graduating class of 350. Grosse Pointe North High School is situated 1½ miles southwest of Edsel and Eleanor Ford House.
South Lake High School
School
South Lake High School is a high school in St. Clair Shores, Michigan in the Metro Detroit area, and serves grades 9-12. It is the only high school in the South Lake Schools district. South Lake High School is situated 2 miles northwest of Edsel and Eleanor Ford House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grosse Pointe Shores and Grosse Pointe Woods.
Grosse Pointe Shores
Town
Photo: GarlandFamily, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grosse Pointe Shores is a city in Wayne and Macomb counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,647 at the 2020 census, down from 3,008 in 2010.
Grosse Pointe Woods
Town
Grosse Pointe Woods is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Grosse Pointe Woods had a population of 16,487. The city is a northeastern suburb of Metro Detroit and shares a small southern border with the city of Detroit. Grosse Pointe Woods is situated 2 miles west of Edsel and Eleanor Ford House.
St. Clair Shores
Photo: Decumanus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Clair Shores is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, St. Clair Shores is located roughly 14 miles northeast of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,874.
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
- Categories: single-family detached home, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.45413° or 42° 27′ 15″ northLongitude
-82.86909° or 82° 52′ 9″ westElevation
581 feet (177 metres)Open location code
86JVF43J+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1017398969OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=manorGeoNames ID
7143655Wikidata ID
Q5340289
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Edsel and Eleanor Ford House” goes by many names.
- French: “Edsel and Eleanor Ford House”
- Japanese: “エドセルとエレノア・フォードの家”
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