Cranbrook Educational Community
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. It consists of Cranbrook Schools, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Institute of Science, and Cranbrook House and Gardens. The founders also built Christ Church Cranbrook as a focal point in order to serve the educational complex. However, the church is a separate entity under 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.
Cranbrook | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark District | |
Michigan State Historic Site | |
Cranbrook Art Museum | |
| Location | 39221 Woodward Avenue Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°34′3.4″N 83°14′36.9″W |
| Built | 1926–99 |
| Architect | Eliel Saarinen |
| Architectural style | 20th Century American |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000954 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 7, 1973 |
| Designated NHLD | June 29, 1989 |
Cranbrook is renowned for its architecture in the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco styles. The chief architect was Eliel Saarinen while Albert Kahn was responsible for the Booth mansion. Sculptors Carl Milles and Marshall Fredericks also spent many years in residence at Cranbrook.