Bill Badzo
Detroit Michigan ~ Charles Lang Ferry House ~ My Photo 1996
The Charles Lang Freer House is located at 71 East Ferry Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The house was originally built for the industrialist and art collector Charles Lang Freer, whose gift of the Freer Gallery of Art began the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The structure currently hosts the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute of Child & Family Development of Wayne State University. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1970[4] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971
Charles Lang Freer, in partnership with Col. Frank J. Hecker, made his fortune from the Peninsular Car Company.[5] Freer travelled widely, with one of his favorite spots being Newport, Rhode Island.[5] There, he was favorably impressed by the shingle style summer cottages built by the wealthy. Desiring a similar home, in 1890 Freer contracted with Wilson Eyre to design a home in Detroit.[5] The house, on Ferry Street next door to Hecker's home, was completed in 1892.
Detroit Michigan ~ Charles Lang Ferry House ~ My Photo 1996
The Charles Lang Freer House is located at 71 East Ferry Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The house was originally built for the industrialist and art collector Charles Lang Freer, whose gift of the Freer Gallery of Art began the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The structure currently hosts the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute of Child & Family Development of Wayne State University. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1970[4] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971
Charles Lang Freer, in partnership with Col. Frank J. Hecker, made his fortune from the Peninsular Car Company.[5] Freer travelled widely, with one of his favorite spots being Newport, Rhode Island.[5] There, he was favorably impressed by the shingle style summer cottages built by the wealthy. Desiring a similar home, in 1890 Freer contracted with Wilson Eyre to design a home in Detroit.[5] The house, on Ferry Street next door to Hecker's home, was completed in 1892.