Ford Motor Company. Office of Henry Ford.

In addition to the Dearborn, Michigan, Fair Lane Estate, Henry and Clara Ford owned properties for personal and business-related purposes in numerous states including Georgia, Massachusetts, Florida, Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Richmond Hill (Georgia) was a winter residence, where the Fords also focused on improving community life, schools, and medical care, while working toward increased agricultural productivity. The Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts, America's oldest inn, was purchased and restored by Henry Ford in 1923, along with 2,487 additional acres acquired to preserve the Inn's natural setting. In Tennessee, Ford purchased land abridging his coal mines specifically to donate to Lincoln Memorial University. In 1923 Ford purchased the northern Michigan lumbering town of Pequaming complete with three churches, schools, a town hall, a hotel, a powerhouse, sawmill, docks, tugs, and eighty-five houses.

From the description of Ford properties subgroup, 1773-1951 (bulk 1900-1951). (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 51267868