The current generation of the Ford family is very much involved in this project. After Henry Ford and his wife Clara died, the grandchildren didn't want anything to do with this house. They blamed Henry for the death of their father Edsel, Henry was tough on Edsel. After Clara died all of the furnishings in the house were sold in what is known as a "silent auction" meaning the bidders did not know they were buying Ford owned furniture and furnishings. Some of it has been returned to the house and some of it was never seen again.
My company (since closed) was the largest installer of large volume water heaters in the Midwest. I was the sole owner. In 1985, We were called in to retrofit the heating boiler in the power house. That boiler was built by Thomas Edison who was a close friend of Henry Ford. We were asked to install heat reclaimers on the flue/chimney. I looked at at and said to myself ‘who am I to make something BETTER that the greatest mind of the century built?’
Sad to say that the Foundation has sold ALL the land around the house and mismanaged funding. The Henry Ford was tiring to help for years and was going to start work on the Estate in 2020 but with the pandemic they have had to delay the project. The Estate does even own the parking lot, that could have been used for catered functions at the Estate, and would have helped create a revenue stream.
Suspect the property may not be modified anyway. Sort of a "listed building" in respect of American heritage stuff. Suspect too the insurers make the call on fire prevention measures and that's about all that might be changed in order to respect/preserve the " heritage".
@@t1n4444 we dont have many "listed" buildings like that here and when they are it normally only applies to the exterior not interiors. But its pretty rare anyway especially regarding individual homes. Those are more commonly found in public buildings like old stores, offices, stations, etc. Nor do insurers get to tell you how to build and or rebuild restore a building. Thats up to local codes and those aren't that stringent unless you are in some urban big city.
@@steamgent4592 Then you should congratulate yourselves and rejoice then! We have several authorities who keep an extremely close eye on our heritage properties and have a backing in law, such as you could fined and in some cases end up in jail for a few months. All listed buildings are "protected" by a county "Conservation Officer" (and if English Heritage and similar outfits stick their snoot in then good luck with that). He or she enjoys similar powers to a police officer with respect to buildings so to speak and can "seize or search" where they please. And we are informed their "powers can infringe our civil liberties". Which is pretty heavy stuff if you dare to use the wrong paint, wrong colour or wrong mortar, say. Decades ago I was "advised" to state if questioned in court (!!!) I only fitted plastic guttering and downpipes "as a temporary measure to preserve the fabric of a building" (from further water damage), some of which was Tudor. The latest alteration had been done in Victorian times. Some authorities undecided if even the Victorian additions should remain!!! Client was only interested in as cheap a job as possible as he rented it out ... spending money on proper repairs was not in his script. He decided he wouldn't bother with new guttering and simply let the building take its chances. Had the Conservation Officer, or English Heritage got involved they would have simply halted all "works to" and brought in a Uni' archaeological department. Said department would have been awarded an initial period to unearth any "archaeology". Could have been there months. And, worse, it's at the owner's expense to protect the site, pay for scaffolding, etc, etc!!! Still it's not all bad, depending on your point of view ... and if you're being stung for the costs. Plenty of examples on-line if interested; one fairly recent example being digging up a carpark in Leicester and finding the remains of Richard 3. Fortunately it wasn't too difficult to identify the remains because the poor old lad had a deformed spine. (It was found during the postmortem, some 500 odd years after death, the King's body had been very roughly treated by Henry 7 forces ... couldn't be proved if all injuries were from the battle ( Bosworth 1485) or soldiers had mutilated his corpse. Certain nasty injuries strongly suggested mutilation. The only evidence was taken from the cut marks on the skeleton. So, again, congratulate yourselves that your heritage folks haven't got similar powers ... yet ...
@@t1n4444 I won't bash what Britain has done for Preservation. They have done until more recent times a excellent job. But there now seems to be a element that wishes to rid grand old England of anything historical from the Victorian age again. Which was also going on in the 60s to replace it with ugly contemporary Futurama buildings. As for here we also don't have much that is nearly as old or grand. America has primarily been a throw away culture. Once its old we tear it down. Yes we have some treasured buildings we keep but they are very few.
Really cool to see the inside of the house since it's been closed for so many years. The grounds are open and are worth visiting. Edsel's house is the "famous" one to go visit and an excellent example of Tudor Architecture, however the Stan Hywet House from the Goodyear Tire company family is the best example of Tudor Architecture in the USA and only 3 hours away.
me and my buddies broke into the mansion in 2003, just to look around, we turned a down a long hallway and this dude in a bowler hat, cane and no legs was floating towards us until he got close we were stunned, once we knew it was 100 percent a ghost we ran out, we always thought it was henry, until i took a date around Halloween to the museum a few years back, they had pics up of the ghost seen around there and all of them were of the same exact dude, its henry fords butler which staff have said they see walking the hallways. when i sent the photo to my buddies they flopped out. since then i believe in ghosts, its weird to think some being is floating around right in front of you that was human a long time ago, i mean what the hell is it exactly?
@Butch Hanson yes we throw everything away its so disappointing and disgusting. Ford gave the little guy the chance to own a car along with many other products and paid the highest wages of any company to his employees so they would have a good quality of life. Only industry that paid better was the Railroads.
@Butch Hanson The same way the PedoElite keeps Bill Gate's ideas of world population control thru the use of vaccines under the radar... We should be more worried about what's happening today, than what Henry Ford believed in 100 years ago.
@Butch Hanson yes he gave his employees the 40hr week when the rest of America had the 15 hr day with 2 days off a month!! How ungenerous of him. The 40hr week wasn't even on the table as a law till decades later!
@@jeffwilson1399 Agreed the evil elite of today, Gates, Soros, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Pichai will do more injustices to the world than any before them.
Interesting project no doubt but the guy leading the tour came in a little hot and never let off the gas. Seemed too scripted and rushed Just my 2 cents
Well of course it was scripted, he was doing the tour guide thing!!! You wouldn't have wanted to listen to someone who had to keep referring to his/her notes every ten seconds. And anyway is your comment relevent? No it is not. The program deals with the work on the property, not the guide's spiel.
My wedding reception was there on August 23,1986! As an Architect, I’m glad to see that someone is giving it a little lovin! Will it remain open to the public and used for special occasions after the restoration?
I always thought it was a museum that could be toured. Like Edsel's house in Grosse Pointe. I didn't realize it had been privately owned and has been closed for several years.
As a child growing up near there in the early 1970's, we were able to play in the yards around the house and any where else we wanted on the grounds. We even went swimming in the Rouge River nearby. I wonder if that's still allowed?
they accidentally move a long-forgotten secret switch on a candlestick wall sconce and suddenly a dusty, dog-eared copy of 'the international jew' drops from the ceiling tour guide: "...yeah, let's cut that out"
I’ve never been inside the Fairlane mansion, however, when I was a kid me and my friends would sneak into the “backyard” and play in the cool treehouse until security would chase us out!
Actually this was his largest (and last) house. Its actually fascinating to read up on it. Ford was a weirdo. In MANY ways. He hated rich people, bankers, Wall Street, etc. So he built the ginormous house with its own power plant, etc. but it was furnished very simple and plain with not too much furniture. This was because unlike his other gilded age millionaires who lived in houses which resembled palaces inside, Henry wanted to give the appearance that he was just 'plain folk.' Another interesting fact is the network of tunnels running under the house. Ford became more and more paranoid as the got wealthier to the point where he was distrustful of his own workers. So he built these tunnels which allowed him to travel from his house to his plant all in secret. He also had a tunnel which led to his mistresses house close by (which he had built for her) and it led right to her bedroom. This was so people, in particular her husband, didn't know when he was coming or going.
I never realized this house was closed. I always thought you could tour it, along with Edsel's in Grosse Pointe. The one thing that amazed me about old Henry was the way he thought. He built this gigantic house, but in his day it was very plainly furnished because, supposedly, he hated rich people and their ostentatiousness. Therefore, he wanted to appear to live 'simply.' At least that's what I've read and I've also seen old photos. Edsel's house, on the other hand, is quite grand in its furnishings.
I turned on the captions and it showed 1960 first then eventually fixed itself to 1916. You’re not the only one who questioned that part. No ear cleaning required.
@@timskufca8039 I realize this, I've lived in the neighborhood my whole life and would still have loved to meet the crew. Been watching this old house on PBS since I was I young child.
@@mnf65 their episodes have been great. Unfortunately they keep putting out old stuff as new. They break down old episodes and re-post as new material. I'm interested in new material with new technologies.
Always remember when talking about Henry Ford: 1. He is largely responsible (maybe singularly responsible) for creating the American middle class. 2. He was a rabid antisemite, and worked incredibly hard to marginalize Jewish people. 3. In this house, he no likely worked on The Dearborn Independent.
It's always funny to see people put more attention into stuff because it was near a celebrity, when said celebrity didn't even care as much about the thing. Hype though
It would cost around 48/49 million in todays dollars. Ford was worth, in TODAY'S dollars, around 200 billion. So building a house like that for HIM would be a drop in the bucket!
Well, perhaps ... the pyramids were built 5 thousand years ago. Rome has properties over two thousand years old and in UK we have castles, still occupied, over 500 years old, some even older. Even the Yemen has still occupied house many centuries old. That's for perspective btw.
@@t1n4444 It is well older than a human's lifespan has been throughout all of our history. I don't care if there is a structure that has stood for 10,000 years-- 100 years is still old.
me and my buddies broke into the mansion in 2003, just to look around, we turned a down a long hallway and this dude in a bowler hat, cane and no legs was floating towards us until he got close we were stunned, once we knew it was 100 percent a ghost we ran out, we always thought it was henry, until i took a date around Halloween to the museum a few years back, they had pics up of the ghost seen around there and all of them were of the same exact dude, its henry fords butler which staff have said they see walking the hallways. when i sent the photo to my buddies they flopped out. since then i believe in ghosts, its weird to think some being is floating around right in front of you that was human a long time ago, i mean what the hell is it exactly?
A GHOST? 😂 Bruh, there are no such thing as ghosts! LOL What you saw was a spirit! You know, the soul of the dead person who was able to use energy to partially materialize for a short time. Rather than be scared or freaked out, I'd want to know what is troubling him so much that his spirit wasn't able to completely move on, hopefully to Heaven, and that he's still trapped here in his old home/workplace. I would have tried to talk to the dude.
@@bradwhite6491 Also Chemical strippers are the safest way to remove lead paint without contaminating the air and reduce exposures. Though they should at least wear PPE.
Retro fitting of fire prevention measures might have been a condition of insurance perhaps? A lot of our old "stately homes" are fitted with fire detection systems, including alarms/sirens, break glass panels, sprinklers the lot, etc, etc. These places have had centuries of beeswax polish soaking into the timbers, which must be regarded as more or less 'kindling". All wiring in what we call mineral insulated cabling. And, that is left visible as far possible for ease of inspecting the system and not damaging the "fabric" of the building, some of which might be over a thousand years old. I suppose an insurer will do its own risk assessment before offering cover. If they are covering a few £millions of property and contents then they decide how it's going to be done. Possibly it is insurers themselves who work with/supervise (?) said contractors as a further condition of cover??? Oddly enough the physical presence of the fire systems are sort of filtered out by the human brain and you don't notice them.
Isn't it funny how we put rich people and their stuff up on pedestals? Don't get me wrong... I get it. Rich people have the highest concentration of fine craftsmanship. I guess I hate that their name is what gets slapped all over it as time passes. Henry Ford didn't build this house. He paid someone to do it. Why do we revere Mr. Ford for the beauty of this house?
@@Kevin-mp5of Henry Ford had NO Sweatshop!! He paid $5 per day when employers paid $2 per day!!! Only railroad men made more !! He had the 2nd highest in employee income!!!
@@karnathracklar9596 Hmm, but to some Trump really is the greatest president in history. He is regarded as a man of the people ... despite the fact he is being regarded by the Authorities as little better than a criminal at the fiscal end of the spectrum and of predatory sexual misconduct at the other. Speculation by some in UK is that the second he loses his "Immunity to Prosecution" at 12 "o" clock on Jan 20th there will be a queue of US Marshals ready to present him with subpoenas and whatever. His family are already being investigated (not to mention ostracised) for alleged "mismanagement of election funds" and any "anticipatory pardons" he issues will be merely a waste of ink and paper. (One might speculate further if Trump does issue pardons then he knows his family will, quite properly, be found guilty without doubt 😂😂😂. He really, really is clueless.) We see interviews on UK TV of Trump's supporters ... they are all from the ranks of the lower paid and if he did improve their lot then no surprise Trump still remains very popular. Unfortunately for everyone else he pushed the MAGA line, but not really understanding global politics. Which is why Biden is to be welcomed ... although speculation is that Biden will gradually relinquish power, because of apparently failing health, to Kamala. I believe your 25th Amendment covers this eventuality. Will speculate too that your Congress will review the transition of power between future Presidents. And dare I say a very, very, discreet evaluation of any putative president's mental health. Somehow I don't believe narcissism is a good attribute for someone in such high office.
@@karnathracklar9596 bruh, when trump is on your mind during an episode of TOH and you HAVE to bring him up for no reason whatsoever, you have TDS and should seek some help.....
So, people can't make beautiful works of art in the 1900's because people are homeless today? ? Half of whom (at least in Portland now days) have drug addictions? You just want to complain.
When I imagine Henry Ford living in this mansion and thinking about his ideas, it really fascinates me I think the carpets in the house might be Genuine Persian Carpets and if they are original to the house , they cost more than most of expensive Ford cars that you can buy today! :D However, I think those carpets are either not original to the house or not Persian hand woven carpets, else they would be protected as expensive piece of art. And no one was allowed to walk on them , especially with shoes! P.S. : Watching This Old House videos on TH-cam from Iran, and I really like them! and for those who may not know Persia and Iran are the same country! ;)
@@t1n4444 The original ancient Persia was much vaster and bigger country. This area of earth was called both Iran and Persia during history. In 1935, our country officially changed its name from Persia to Iran. So geographically it is the same country
I played around the mansion as a kid (I'm 76) and only appreciated it as an icon of Americana as I got older and moved away. I'm grateful that the internet allows me to visit again any time. Thanks, Kevin.
*Who else grew up watching This Old House*
And before Brian and Kevin read this ...dah lobstahs ... yay first!!!
Yessir
@@Kevin-mp5of Or indeed a "wrapping" of chamois leather come to think of it.
Shin bone connected to the. . . . . .
i started watching when Vila was on.
The current generation of the Ford family is very much involved in this project. After Henry Ford and his wife Clara died, the grandchildren didn't want anything to do with this house. They blamed Henry for the death of their father Edsel, Henry was tough on Edsel. After Clara died all of the furnishings in the house were sold in what is known as a "silent auction" meaning the bidders did not know they were buying Ford owned furniture and furnishings. Some of it has been returned to the house and some of it was never seen again.
My company (since closed) was the largest installer of large volume water heaters in the Midwest. I was the sole owner. In 1985, We were called in to retrofit the heating boiler in the power house. That boiler was built by Thomas Edison who was a close friend of Henry Ford. We were asked to install heat reclaimers on the flue/chimney. I looked at at and said to myself ‘who am I to make something BETTER that the greatest mind of the century built?’
Interesting story!
Edison wasn't as great as the history books made him out to be.
@@Kevin-mp5of Tesla on the other hand. . He got all the girls in HS
@@Kevin-mp5of I drive a truck built by the slave driver, head stomper, advantage taker himself.
When in company of HFord Thomas Edison is a mere bonus to be considered a small fish. That is to say there will be smoke when there is no more fire
Sad to say that the Foundation has sold ALL the land around the house and mismanaged funding. The Henry Ford was tiring to help for years and was going to start work on the Estate in 2020 but with the pandemic they have had to delay the project. The Estate does even own the parking lot, that could have been used for catered functions at the Estate, and would have helped create a revenue stream.
Absolutely beautiful so happy to see it restored rather than modernized!! Kudos to the owners for doing it right!!
Suspect the property may not be modified anyway. Sort of a "listed building" in respect of American heritage stuff.
Suspect too the insurers make the call on fire prevention measures and that's about all that might be changed in order to respect/preserve the " heritage".
@@t1n4444 we dont have many "listed" buildings like that here and when they are it normally only applies to the exterior not interiors. But its pretty rare anyway especially regarding individual homes. Those are more commonly found in public buildings like old stores, offices, stations, etc. Nor do insurers get to tell you how to build and or rebuild restore a building. Thats up to local codes and those aren't that stringent unless you are in some urban big city.
@@steamgent4592 Then you should congratulate yourselves and rejoice then!
We have several authorities who keep an extremely close eye on our heritage properties and have a backing in law, such as you could fined and in some cases end up in jail for a few months.
All listed buildings are "protected" by a county "Conservation Officer"
(and if English Heritage and similar outfits stick their snoot in then good luck with that).
He or she enjoys similar powers to a police officer with respect to buildings so to speak and can "seize or search" where they please.
And we are informed their "powers can infringe our civil liberties". Which is pretty heavy stuff if you dare to use the wrong paint, wrong colour or wrong mortar, say.
Decades ago I was "advised" to state if questioned in court (!!!) I only fitted plastic guttering and downpipes "as a temporary measure to preserve the fabric of a building" (from further water damage), some of which was Tudor. The latest alteration had been done in Victorian times.
Some authorities undecided if even the Victorian additions should remain!!!
Client was only interested in as cheap a job as possible as he rented it out ... spending money on proper repairs was not in his script. He decided he wouldn't bother with new guttering and simply let the building take its chances.
Had the Conservation Officer, or English Heritage got involved they would have simply halted all "works to" and brought in a Uni' archaeological department. Said department would have been awarded an initial period to unearth any "archaeology". Could have been there months.
And, worse, it's at the owner's expense to protect the site, pay for scaffolding, etc, etc!!!
Still it's not all bad, depending on your point of view ... and if you're being stung for the costs.
Plenty of examples on-line if interested; one fairly recent example being digging up a carpark in Leicester and finding the remains of Richard 3. Fortunately it wasn't too difficult to identify the remains because the poor old lad had a deformed spine. (It was found during the postmortem, some 500 odd years after death, the King's body had been very roughly treated by Henry 7 forces ... couldn't be proved if all injuries were from the battle ( Bosworth 1485) or soldiers had mutilated his corpse. Certain nasty injuries strongly suggested mutilation. The only evidence was taken from the cut marks on the skeleton.
So, again, congratulate yourselves that your heritage folks haven't got similar powers ... yet ...
@@t1n4444 I won't bash what Britain has done for Preservation. They have done until more recent times a excellent job. But there now seems to be a element that wishes to rid grand old England of anything historical from the Victorian age again. Which was also going on in the 60s to replace it with ugly contemporary Futurama buildings. As for here we also don't have much that is nearly as old or grand. America has primarily been a throw away culture. Once its old we tear it down. Yes we have some treasured buildings we keep but they are very few.
Wow
Kevin - think about this room the next time your homeowner says she wants to paint over wood!
Really cool to see the inside of the house since it's been closed for so many years. The grounds are open and are worth visiting. Edsel's house is the "famous" one to go visit and an excellent example of Tudor Architecture, however the Stan Hywet House from the Goodyear Tire company family is the best example of Tudor Architecture in the USA and only 3 hours away.
me and my buddies broke into the mansion in 2003, just to look around, we turned a down a long hallway and this dude in a bowler hat, cane and no legs was floating towards us until he got close we were stunned, once we knew it was 100 percent a ghost we ran out, we always thought it was henry, until i took a date around Halloween to the museum a few years back, they had pics up of the ghost seen around there and all of them were of the same exact dude, its henry fords butler which staff have said they see walking the hallways. when i sent the photo to my buddies they flopped out. since then i believe in ghosts, its weird to think some being is floating around right in front of you that was human a long time ago, i mean what the hell is it exactly?
I had wedding pictures taken here in 1998
Preserving history is wonderful. Today we are a throw away society. Back then things were made to last and be appreciated.
@Butch Hanson yes we throw everything away its so disappointing and disgusting. Ford gave the little guy the chance to own a car along with many other products and paid the highest wages of any company to his employees so they would have a good quality of life. Only industry that paid better was the Railroads.
@Butch Hanson The same way the PedoElite keeps Bill Gate's ideas of world population control thru the use of vaccines under the radar... We should be more worried about what's happening today, than what Henry Ford believed in 100 years ago.
@@Kevin-mp5of someday I'd like to stomp on some heads.. . Or take some advantage. . . Or Both!
@Butch Hanson yes he gave his employees the 40hr week when the rest of America had the 15 hr day with 2 days off a month!! How ungenerous of him. The 40hr week wasn't even on the table as a law till decades later!
@@jeffwilson1399 Agreed the evil elite of today, Gates, Soros, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Pichai will do more injustices to the world than any before them.
As Tommy says "anything is possible, for the right price."
As was proven by the gilded age millionaires like Ford himself.
Interesting project no doubt but the guy leading the tour came in a little hot and never let off the gas. Seemed too scripted and rushed Just my 2 cents
Well of course it was scripted, he was doing the tour guide thing!!!
You wouldn't have wanted to listen to someone who had to keep referring to his/her notes every ten seconds.
And anyway is your comment relevent? No it is not. The program deals with the work on the property, not the guide's spiel.
Made when Craftsman’s really knew what they were doing!! Except for the TOH Crew of course. No one seems to take pride in their work nowadays IMO.
No one seems to take pride in their spelling and grammar nowadays. IMO. 🦞🦞🦞
and nowadays started about 20 years ago. quality went down way back in late 90s early 2000s. maybe earlier.
My wedding reception was there on August 23,1986! As an Architect, I’m glad to see that someone is giving it a little lovin! Will it remain open to the public and used for special occasions after the restoration?
I always thought it was a museum that could be toured. Like Edsel's house in Grosse Pointe. I didn't realize it had been privately owned and has been closed for several years.
Now if someone could save the historic and wonderful 110 room mansion Lynnewood Hall.
As a child growing up near there in the early 1970's, we were able to play in the yards around the house and any where else we wanted on the grounds. We even went swimming in the Rouge River nearby.
I wonder if that's still allowed?
Yea you can still walk the grounds
I find it hard to believe you were swimming in the rouge in the 70s
Wives painting over beautiful wood grain just trying to keep up with the latest fashions. Funny how little things change.
they accidentally move a long-forgotten secret switch on a candlestick wall sconce and suddenly a dusty, dog-eared copy of 'the international jew' drops from the ceiling
tour guide: "...yeah, let's cut that out"
Nice- I toured the house, garden and pump house many years ago
I’ve never been inside the Fairlane mansion, however, when I was a kid me and my friends would sneak into the “backyard” and play in the cool treehouse until security would chase us out!
We used to skip school and hang out at Fairlane
That museum is just 1 hour away from me
Amazing work
Boy if that was scaling down for Henry Ford I can only imagine what his other 14 houses looked like!
Actually this was his largest (and last) house. Its actually fascinating to read up on it. Ford was a weirdo. In MANY ways. He hated rich people, bankers, Wall Street, etc. So he built the ginormous house with its own power plant, etc. but it was furnished very simple and plain with not too much furniture. This was because unlike his other gilded age millionaires who lived in houses which resembled palaces inside, Henry wanted to give the appearance that he was just 'plain folk.'
Another interesting fact is the network of tunnels running under the house. Ford became more and more paranoid as the got wealthier to the point where he was distrustful of his own workers. So he built these tunnels which allowed him to travel from his house to his plant all in secret. He also had a tunnel which led to his mistresses house close by (which he had built for her) and it led right to her bedroom. This was so people, in particular her husband, didn't know when he was coming or going.
I never realized this house was closed. I always thought you could tour it, along with Edsel's in Grosse Pointe.
The one thing that amazed me about old Henry was the way he thought. He built this gigantic house, but in his day it was very plainly furnished because, supposedly, he hated rich people and their ostentatiousness. Therefore, he wanted to appear to live 'simply.' At least that's what I've read and I've also seen old photos.
Edsel's house, on the other hand, is quite grand in its furnishings.
I have been fortunate enough to be in the Edsel Ford House in GPS numerous times. Just unbelievably beautiful.
I don’t know about now but I went on a field trip to the estate when I was a kid. It was open at least to school groups.
@@dragonwithagirltattoo598 But how long ago was that?
Question how could they have moved in 1960 and they both died before 1950???
I turned on the captions and it showed 1960 first then eventually fixed itself to 1916. You’re not the only one who questioned that part. No ear cleaning required.
Thanks for the clarification or Clarification. Oh jeeze, my first dad joke. Shoot me now
Live about 5 minutes away, wish I knew you guys where in town when you did this walk through. Would have loved to meet the TOH crew!
it was years ago
@@timskufca8039 I realize this, I've lived in the neighborhood my whole life and would still have loved to meet the crew. Been watching this old house on PBS since I was I young child.
@@mnf65 their episodes have been great. Unfortunately they keep putting out old stuff as new. They break down old episodes and re-post as new material. I'm interested in new material with new technologies.
Always remember when talking about Henry Ford: 1. He is largely responsible (maybe singularly responsible) for creating the American middle class. 2. He was a rabid antisemite, and worked incredibly hard to marginalize Jewish people. 3. In this house, he no likely worked on The Dearborn Independent.
Ford wasn't by any means unique in that regard. Antisemitism was very common and widespread in that era. I've never figured out why.
Liked your comment sir.He also instituted the 40 hour work week.Reasons besides my love of many Ford model cars that I revere him.
Very impressive.
@@Kevin-mp5of your more good. ^^*
More of these!
When is lunch break?
Ever hear of the UAW? It's Detroit. It's always lunch break.
It's always funny to see people put more attention into stuff because it was near a celebrity, when said celebrity didn't even care as much about the thing. Hype though
31,000 sq feet 😳
Isn't that awesome. Many old homes where big in the early 20th Century. Great time to be alive
I worked for a moving company year's ago, i been in 20k sq foot homes and you can get lost in them. 31k is insane
It was Edsel 's house not Henry
Could you imagine building that house in today's dollars
It would cost around 48/49 million in todays dollars. Ford was worth, in TODAY'S dollars, around 200 billion. So building a house like that for HIM would be a drop in the bucket!
Didn’t show much of the house. I’ve been on a tour there. They missed the vast majority of it.
beautiful now imagine living there with your dream woman or man
0:53 Did he say Henry ford and his wife move in around 1960? Because I'm pretty sure they both died in the 1940s.
Edit: He said 1916
1916
He said 1916
He says "1916" - not "1960".
That is definitely an old house.
You could say that, but I would say this.
Well, perhaps ... the pyramids were built 5 thousand years ago. Rome has properties over two thousand years old and in UK we have castles, still occupied, over 500 years old, some even older.
Even the Yemen has still occupied house many centuries old.
That's for perspective btw.
Its only like 105 years old. That's actually pretty young compared to many houses still standing.
@@t1n4444 It is well older than a human's lifespan has been throughout all of our history. I don't care if there is a structure that has stood for 10,000 years-- 100 years is still old.
@@Blueshirt38 True, for humans, but for buildings not so much.
me and my buddies broke into the mansion in 2003, just to look around, we turned a down a long hallway and this dude in a bowler hat, cane and no legs was floating towards us until he got close we were stunned, once we knew it was 100 percent a ghost we ran out, we always thought it was henry, until i took a date around Halloween to the museum a few years back, they had pics up of the ghost seen around there and all of them were of the same exact dude, its henry fords butler which staff have said they see walking the hallways. when i sent the photo to my buddies they flopped out. since then i believe in ghosts, its weird to think some being is floating around right in front of you that was human a long time ago, i mean what the hell is it exactly?
A GHOST? 😂 Bruh, there are no such thing as ghosts! LOL What you saw was a spirit! You know, the soul of the dead person who was able to use energy to partially materialize for a short time. Rather than be scared or freaked out, I'd want to know what is troubling him so much that his spirit wasn't able to completely move on, hopefully to Heaven, and that he's still trapped here in his old home/workplace. I would have tried to talk to the dude.
Grew up in Michigan and love this place.
I’m surprised they aren’t freaking out about led paint!
and asbestos
They do lead testing and take the utmost safety precautions. It's part of the process.
loonigoonie so did they have lead free paint in 1941 ? Unlikely
@@bradwhite6491 Also Chemical strippers are the safest way to remove lead paint without contaminating the air and reduce exposures. Though they should at least wear PPE.
@@brianglade848 Graf Zeppelin
Not my favourite house, a mix and match as they said of various styles. Surprised a man of that wealth didn’t go for something grander?
They said this was Ford's 15th house and they were scaling down to avoid the public.
Toupee?
1:37 "It was used for a lot of things" like union busting, lynchings, mass exterminations, ...
Who cares
The Belmont of Michigan.
Thanks..good overviews…..
Great show. The right guy is on the job.
Lord I hope they incorporate fire sprinklers. What a fire load. Beautiful home.
Retro fitting of fire prevention measures might have been a condition of insurance perhaps?
A lot of our old "stately homes" are fitted with fire detection systems, including alarms/sirens, break glass panels, sprinklers the lot, etc, etc.
These places have had centuries of beeswax polish soaking into the timbers, which must be regarded as more or less 'kindling".
All wiring in what we call mineral insulated cabling. And, that is left visible as far possible for ease of inspecting the system and not damaging the "fabric" of the building, some of which might be over a thousand years old.
I suppose an insurer will do its own risk assessment before offering cover. If they are covering a few £millions of property and contents then they decide how it's going to be done.
Possibly it is insurers themselves who work with/supervise (?) said contractors as a further condition of cover???
Oddly enough the physical presence of the fire systems are sort of filtered out by the human brain and you don't notice them.
Do Tolkien's house next!
Seems like a waste of resources.
Isn't it funny how we put rich people and their stuff up on pedestals? Don't get me wrong... I get it. Rich people have the highest concentration of fine craftsmanship. I guess I hate that their name is what gets slapped all over it as time passes. Henry Ford didn't build this house. He paid someone to do it. Why do we revere Mr. Ford for the beauty of this house?
@@Kevin-mp5of Henry Ford had NO Sweatshop!! He paid $5 per day when employers paid $2 per day!!! Only railroad men made more !! He had the 2nd highest in employee income!!!
@@steamgent4592 and Trump is the greatest president ever... Yeah, we've heard it all before snowflake.
@@karnathracklar9596 Hmm, but to some Trump really is the greatest president in history.
He is regarded as a man of the people ... despite the fact he is being regarded by the Authorities as little better than a criminal at the fiscal end of the spectrum and of predatory sexual misconduct at the other.
Speculation by some in UK is that the second he loses his "Immunity to Prosecution" at 12 "o" clock on Jan 20th there will be a queue of US Marshals ready to present him with subpoenas and whatever.
His family are already being investigated (not to mention ostracised) for alleged "mismanagement of election funds" and any "anticipatory pardons" he issues will be merely a waste of ink and paper.
(One might speculate further if Trump does issue pardons then he knows his family will, quite properly, be found guilty without doubt 😂😂😂. He really, really is clueless.)
We see interviews on UK TV of Trump's supporters ... they are all from the ranks of the lower paid and if he did improve their lot then no surprise Trump still remains very popular.
Unfortunately for everyone else he pushed the MAGA line, but not really understanding global politics.
Which is why Biden is to be welcomed ... although speculation is that Biden will gradually relinquish power, because of apparently failing health, to Kamala.
I believe your 25th Amendment covers this eventuality.
Will speculate too that your Congress will review the transition of power between future Presidents.
And dare I say a very, very, discreet evaluation of any putative president's mental health.
Somehow I don't believe narcissism is a good attribute for someone in such high office.
@@karnathracklar9596 bruh, when trump is on your mind during an episode of TOH and you HAVE to bring him up for no reason whatsoever, you have TDS and should seek some help.....
I think we are appreciating the craftsmanship and the art work. If you can't pay the artists it can't happen.
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The Ford Mansion is ugly and creepy.
Where is Miss Molly ?
Isn't it beautiful... and there are people sleeping in cardboard boxes on cold city streets..
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
So, people can't make beautiful works of art in the 1900's because people are homeless today? ? Half of whom (at least in Portland now days) have drug addictions? You just want to complain.
When I imagine Henry Ford living in this mansion and thinking about his ideas, it really fascinates me
I think the carpets in the house might be Genuine Persian Carpets and if they are original to the house , they cost more than most of expensive Ford cars that you can buy today! :D
However, I think those carpets are either not original to the house or not Persian hand woven carpets, else they would be protected as expensive piece of art. And no one was allowed to walk on them , especially with shoes!
P.S. : Watching This Old House videos on TH-cam from Iran, and I really like them!
and for those who may not know Persia and Iran are the same country! ;)
Same territory but not the same country ...
@@t1n4444 The original ancient Persia was much vaster and bigger country. This area of earth was called both Iran and Persia during history. In 1935, our country officially changed its name from Persia to Iran. So geographically it is the same country
@@faghihimohammad You might reread my comment ref "territory".
@@t1n4444 yeah, you are talking about other aspects of a country... on that side I agree with you
@@faghihimohammad 👍
I played around the mansion as a kid (I'm 76) and only appreciated it as an icon of Americana as I got older and moved away. I'm grateful that the internet allows me to visit again any time. Thanks, Kevin.