The Dearborn Inn was conceived by Henry Ford, who saw a need for food and accommodations for visitors flying into Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Designed by famed architect Albert Kahn, the Dearborn hotel was intended to be a stately inn with Georgian architecture and, upon its opening in July 1931, it became the first airport hotel in the country.
Inspired by a passion for Colonial Revival architecture, Henry Ford commissioned renowned arch...
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The Dearborn Inn was conceived by Henry Ford, who saw a need for food and accommodations for visitors flying into Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Designed by famed architect Albert Kahn, the Dearborn hotel was intended to be a stately inn with Georgian architecture and, upon its opening in July 1931, it became the first airport hotel in the country.
Inspired by a passion for Colonial Revival architecture, Henry Ford commissioned renowned architect Albert Kahn to design The Dearborn Inn, who in 1931 would create a Georgian inn to serve Ford’s Dearborn airport. The Dearborn hotel is now recognized on the National Register of Historic Places and features 229 rooms, including 5 Colonial guest homes, built in 1937. While thoughtful interior renovations have occurred over the Dearborn hotel’s 77 year history, the exterior has remained the same as Ford’s original vision. Additional features include The Early American Room, a fine dining restaurant; the Ten Eyck Tavern, a home-style...
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