The Story Behind Greenfield Village | The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation
On this segment of The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation, Mo Rocca meets with Jim Johnson, curator of historic structures and landscapes, to learn more about the planning it takes to create a village.
Henry Ford’s idea of re-creating a historic village in Dearborn, Michigan, began to take shape when he restored his own birthplace (1919) and childhood school (1923) on their original sites. In 1926, he proceeded with a plan to create his own historic village, choosing a plot of land in the midst of Ford Motor Company property and beginning to acquire the buildings that would become part of Greenfield Village.
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