GREENFIELD VILLAGE

collection of nearly 100 historic buildings on a 200-ac (80-ha) site in Dearborn, southeastern Michigan, U.S. Established in 1933 by Henry Ford (who relocated or reconstructed buildings there from throughout the United States), the village includes the birthplaces of William Holmes McGuffey, Noah Webster, Luther Burbank, and Orville and Wilbur Wright. Also featured are Thomas A. Edison's New Jersey workshop and Florida laboratory, Stephen Foster's home, the courthouse where Lincoln practiced law, and representative early American homes, public buildings, and craft shops. The adjoining Henry Ford Museum houses a collection of Americana.