  Bob_cosgrove Member Username: Bob_cosgrove Post Number: 508 Registered: 03-2005 |
 Where is this home and what is its importance? | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 4138 Registered: 08-2004 |
Although I don't know the answer, it looks like an Arts & Crafts design, such as one William B. Stratton (husband of Pewabic Pottery cofounder Mary Chase Perry Stratton) would have designed. | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1233 Registered: 01-2005 |
It's important because it's on tour this year! http://www.historicindianvilla ge.org/homeandgardentour.html FYI you can buy advance day tickets for $5 off online here too. | ||
Mccarch Member Username: Mccarch Post Number: 118 Registered: 12-2003 |
Edsel Ford honeymoon house in Indian village, by Leonard Willeke. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1927 Registered: 12-2005 |
The search engine shows that the name of that photo is "Jackson home 4-17-07.JPG." | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1234 Registered: 01-2005 |
It's not the honeymoon house...but by the same architect I think. The honeymoon house is south of this home at 2171 Iroquois. | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1235 Registered: 01-2005 |
Honeymoon house is at the top: http://www.piquettets.org/id9. html | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 798 Registered: 10-2006 |
This is quite an odd (different) looking house. Is that image the front? | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1237 Registered: 12-2005 |
Is that the Stratton house that is an explosion of Pewabic tiles? | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 4236 Registered: 10-2003 |
It's a Leonard Willeke home....Roscoe P Jackson had this home built in Iroquois. Brunk wrote several pages about it in his book on Willeke. | ||
Bob_cosgrove Member Username: Bob_cosgrove Post Number: 509 Registered: 03-2005 |
Yes, this is the Indian Village home of Roscoe B. Jackson and his wife, Louise Webber the niece of J. L. Hudson. It is at 2505 Iroquois Avenue between Vernor and Charlevoix. When this home was built in 1917, Jackson was the general manager of the Hudson Motor Car Company and later became its president. The Jackson home was designed in the Arts & Crafts style architect Leonard B. Willeke in 1917. It is one of the outstanding Arts & Crafts style homes in North America and still has many of its original appointments. Like many of the homes Willeke designed, he also did the interior furnishings as seen below. Here is the fireplace and one of the chairs from the Jackson home, which earlier in this thread has has been pointed out as one of the homes on the 34th Annual Historic Indian Village Home & Garden Tour on June 2nd. For more information on the tour, go to or post the following on your browser: http://www.historicindianvilla ge.org/homeandgardentour.html The Edsel & Eleanor Ford home at 2171 Iroquois on the block between Vernor and Kercheval has been mentioned. The knickname "Ford Honeymoon Cottage" is indeed fact as it appears in some of Edsel Ford's papers. Eleanor Clay Ford and Louise Webber Jackson were cousins. Leonard B. Willeke did not design 2171 Iroquois. It was built on speculation by the Enoch Smith's Urban Building Company. Smith lived in the house for its first two years, 1915 and 1916 before selling to the newly married Fords. The 2171 Iroquois connection to Leonard B. Willeke is that Edsel and Eleanor Ford had him design the interior decoration, paneling and furniture for them. The image below of the Ford's dining room table at 2171 Iroquois designed by Willeke is through the courtesy of Dr. Thomas W. Brunk as are the photos of Jackson fireplace and chair above: Bob Cosgrove | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 4238 Registered: 10-2003 |
So, is that Arcadia book ever gonna be written? | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 297 Registered: 01-2007 |
Is it an important house because it will be the only home on the tour where you can use the bathroom? | ||
Bob_cosgrove Member Username: Bob_cosgrove Post Number: 510 Registered: 03-2005 |
Here are some images I wasn't able to post on my earlier message on this thread. Bob Cosgrove Ford dining room table by Willeke 2171 Iroquois:  Jackson fireplace by Willeke 2505 Iroquois {99927,Jackson fire place by Willeke } Jackson chair by Willeke 2505 Iroquois\popjpeg  | ||
Bob_cosgrove Member Username: Bob_cosgrove Post Number: 511 Registered: 03-2005 |
Here's the Ford dining room table by Willeke at 2171 Iroquois that didn't get posted in the preceding message. All these photos are courtesy of Thomas W. Brunk Ph.D. Bob Cosgrove  | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 4239 Registered: 10-2003 |
So Bob, where are those lamposts designed by Willeke, which were displayed at the DIA? last I heard, they were rusting away in someone's backyard. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 921 Registered: 02-2007 |
Either way, the main importance intended for this home was to provide some with shelter and a roof over their heads. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 2696 Registered: 02-2005 |
Thanks for the link to the sneak preview on the website! |
