Robert Frost Home
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Robert Frost Home
House
Robert Frost lived in this house while teaching at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in the mid-1920s.
Robert Frost Home on Original Site, Ann Arbor, Michigan, circa 1923
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Robert Frost moved into this house in 1925. He selected it because it was away from the bustle of campus. The house provided comfort and solace. This home gave Frost "space" to create and a place to gather with his students. Frost loved it, and it suited his needs.
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Noah Webster Home
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The home joined other domestic structures in Greenfield Village, including the Noah Webster House, which came the previous year.
First Day of Kindergarten at Ann Arbor House (now Robert Frost Home) in Greenfield Village, September 1937
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Like nearly all the buildings in Greenfield Village, this house served as classroom space for children attending the Edison Institute School. This house served as the kindergarten.
Robert Frost Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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Since the 1960s, the house has been decorated with furnishings from the early 1800s. The parlor is decked out in furniture from the Federal era, about 1800-1820. Robert Frost likely kept the parlor doors open to the dining room, creating a functional space to meet and interact with his students.
Robert Frost Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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The dining room, adjoining the parlor, features Empire-era furnishings from 1825-1850. Here, in front of the fireplace, Robert Frost wrote "Spring Pools" in 1925.
Robert Frost Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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This first floor bedroom was likely used as Robert Frost's private office.
Robert Frost Home during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, May 2003
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In the early 2000s, Museum planners envisioned a revitalized Greenfield Village, transforming it through the most comprehensive physical rehabilitation in its history. While the restoration had little effect on the "Ann Arbor House," it did renew the building's connection to its most famous resident. By 2003, it was renamed the Robert Frost Home.
Robert Frost Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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Many visitors, especially poetry enthusiasts, are surprised by the presence of this house in Greenfield Village, unaware of Robert Frost's time in Ann Arbor. The house and its connection to one of the greatest 20th-century American poets fit nicely into The Henry Ford's mission of presenting stories of innovation.