Greenfield Village

Here are some pictures from our trip to Greenfield Village in Detroit. It is very similar to Williamsburg in VA. It opened by the Ford Motor Company in 1929. Henry Ford basically moved many famous houses and buildings to this 90 acre park. Some of the buildings include the Wright Brother's home and cycle shop, Edison's lab and a court house where Lincoln practiced law. It was very fun and interesting.


Megan, Margaret, Evan and Nantie in front of the Martha-Mary Church (named after Henry Ford's mother and mother-in-law). A popular place to get married.


At the glass blowing shop they were making Christmas Ornaments. The glass is heated up to 2500 degrees F.


This is a picture from the front porch of the house of Henry Ford's childhood. The building in the distance is the front of the park (a train station).


This is Megan at Edison's Lab where he first got the light bulb to work. It lasted all of 40 hours!


James in front of Cotswold house. It is a home all made of stone, even the roof. He was holding the turtle pictured below.


Here is one of the 3 turtles that we rescued (thanks to Nantie's eagle eyes) at the Village. They were about the size of a quarter.


This was a hobo band that played at the village. One guy was playing a saw, but we couldn't hear him.