Our partners at Frank Rewold & Sons have had to pause work on the new Visitor Center building at this time. As difficult as that is, we thank them for coming to the aid of our health care workers and food banks by donating protective gear and sanitizer. We are proud to...

President & CEO Mark Heppner stands in the space which will become the new restaurant inside the Visitor Center and looks out at the view of Ford Cove.

Heppner exploring recent progress on the Administration Building.

The Grosse Pointe News came by to get the scoop on ho...

It has been unusually rainy this spring and summer, but our construction crew has been working hard. We are making as much progress as possible on our new Visitor Center and Administration Building in the muddy conditions. It has been a challenge, but the process is st...

Exhibition featuring three historic vehicles will showcase Edsel Ford’s artistic vision and influence on automotive design

1939 Lincoln Continental Prototype

1932 Model 18 Ford Speedster

 1934 Model 40 Ford Special Speedster

Ford House revealed plans for its first exhibit...

Construction crews are preparing to install the final steel beam to complete the structure of the new Administration Building and Visitor Center later this month.

In honor of the upcoming milestone, members of the Ford House board of trustees signed the final steel beam...

Construction work has been progressing in the last quarter of 2018, and you can now see the structures starting to take some shape.

Our builder, Frank Rewold & Son Inc., poured the foundation for the Visitor Center and Administration Building in October.

This week, they...

As they have been preparing the site over the summer, our builders, Frank Rewold & Son Inc., have dug 16 geothermal boreholes, sometimes called “wells.”  The wells are part of a closed-circuit geothermal system that will heat and cool the new Administration Building.

The Ford House board of trustees joined staff, architects and designers from SmithGroup and building contractors Frank Rewold and Son for a groundbreaking ceremony today for our two new facilities, a Visitor Center and an Administration Building.

This marks the sta...

Due to the construction of the new Visitor Center at Ford House, the current Visitor Center, including Cotswold Cafe, will close on Aug. 20, 2017.

 
While the new state-of-the-art Visitor Center is under construction, we will have a temporary welcoming space for guests...

To prepare for construction later this fall, work has begun to create a new parking lot near the Gate Lodge. Construction began this week and will wrap up in a few weeks. The new lot will be available for our tour guests when the visitor center closes later this summer...