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Cranbrook House

Cranbrook House is a historic place in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Michigan, listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973, and designated a National Historic Landmark. Its National Register reference number is 73000954.

Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, MichiganListed March 7, 1973NRIS #73000954★ National Historic Landmark
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About this place

What is Cranbrook House?

The Cranbrook Educational Community is an education, research, and public museum complex in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. This National Historic Landmark was founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul George Gough Booth with his wife, Ellen Scripps Booth. It consists of Cranbrook Schools, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Cranbrook House and Gardens, and the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. The founders also built Christ Church Cranbrook as a focal point for the educational complex, though it is a separate entity operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. The sprawling 319-acre (1,290,000 m2) campus began as a 174-acre (700,000 m2) farm, purchased in 1904. The organization takes its name from Cranbrook, England, the birthplace of the founder's father.

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The record

Listing details

Name
Cranbrook House
City
Bloomfield Hills
County
Oakland County
State
Michigan
Listed on the National Register
March 7, 1973
NRIS reference number
73000954
Resource type
building
National Historic Landmark
Yes
Coordinates
42.56953, -83.24558
When was Cranbrook House listed on the National Register?

Cranbrook House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973.

Where is Cranbrook House located?

Cranbrook House is located in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Michigan at approximately 42.56953, -83.24558. See the map above.

Is Cranbrook House a National Historic Landmark?

Yes. Cranbrook House is designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest federal recognition for a historic place.

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