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The Henry Ford II World Center, also commonly known as the Ford World Headquarters and popularly known as the Glass House, [1] [2] is the administrative headquarters for Ford Motor Company, a 12-story, glass-faced office building [3] designed to accommodate a staff of approximately 3,000.
Leland named Lincoln Motor Company after Abraham Lincoln, stating that Lincoln was the first President for whom he ever voted (1864). [ 10 ] [ 13 ] The company was financed by securing a $10 million contract to produce Liberty V12 aircraft engines ($245,428,571 in 2024 dollars [ 14 ] ) for use during World War I .
The Lincoln Motor Company Plant was an automotive plant at Livernois, 6200 West Warren Avenue Detroit, Michigan, later known as the Detroit Edison Warren Service Center. [1] The complex was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, due to its historic association with World War I Liberty engines and the Lincoln Motor Company. However ...
After the World’s Fair, the Rotunda was dismantled and rebuilt in Dearborn, serving as the visitor center for what was then the equivalent of Ford Motor Company’s world headquarters. Albert Kahn, who designed the Rotunda for Ford’s exposition at the World’s Fair, was also called upon to update the design for its new purpose. Its ...
The Henry Ford is sited between the Ford Dearborn Development Center and several Ford engineering buildings with which it shares the same style gates and brick fences. In 1970, the museum purchased what it believed to be a 17th-century Brewster Chair , created for one of the Pilgrim settlers in the Plymouth Colony , for $9,000.
Ford Motor Company operates several proving grounds worldwide, for development and validation testing of new vehicles. The Dearborn Development Center was built on the site of Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. The facility, formerly known as Dearborn Proving Ground (DPG), completed major reconstruction and renovations in 2006.
Fairlane Town Center is a super-regional shopping mall in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan. The mall is adjacent to The Henry Hotel, The Fairlane Club, the University of Michigan–Dearborn , Henry Ford Community College , The Henry Ford , and the Ford Motor Company headquarters.
The school is sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency and The Henry Ford Museum and admits high school students. It is located on the campus of the Henry Ford museum. Enrollment is taken from a lottery in the area and totaled 467 in 2010. [1]