Fair Lane: Home of Clara and Henry Ford — Attraction in Dearborn

I was here on Sunday with my fiance and best friend taking photos for my engagement. We drove an hour, seeing that the scenery is beautiful and we wanted just a few photos. I wore a dress, he wore jeans and a shirt. We took photos with an iphone, no props. The grounds keeper, cane up to us and told us she did not care that we had an iphone and that we need to leave, we cant take photos, as it is an event photoshoot and that they will be having a wedding shoot there too. We saw this wedding shoot and they had a professional photographer, and lighting props. We had my best friend taking a few photos with her iphone. Not the same, nor did I think her attitude was nice at all about it. She told us we can go across the street and into the field and take pics as it wasnt their property, there isnt anything there but a white house, a fence, some tres, and the parking lot. So what can we do? We went across, took a few photos on the grass, realized they look ridiculous with the fence in the back and parking, so we went to this big beautiful tree. She came up to us after we stepped inside of it just to get a few nice ones. She told us we cant be there, and we had to leave. She just kept following us and harassing us. Honestly such a terrible place to visit, as the groundskeepers have no idea how to differentiate a professional photoshoot, and just 3 people taking a few photos. She was so rude about it, and she made our experience terrible as we had no where to go after that. Would not recommended coming here as you will get stalked by rude old ladies who want to ruin your day as much...

My husband and I visited years ago. Everything was open at the time and you could visit all of the rooms. The power house and garage with it's turn around were a marvel for its time. Clara's whole body dryer that you just stood in front of after a bath is innovative. The bowling lane, water piano, experimental tank engine and motorcycle were thrills to see. We got to stand in the bedroom and look out the window that Thomas Edison would have looked out when he visited and see the gardens that John Burroughs helped design. The beautiful wood, teakwood I think, and perfect pocket doors even Clara's painted over living room was great. As if that wasn't enough we had lunch beside what was the swimming pool and got to drive our Mustang convertible under the portico. This was a truly wonderful place to visit in 2002 and I hope when this beautiful restoration is done it will be again. There is too much history within those walls...

Visited the Henery Ford with my sidekick the first week of November from Maine.We got lucky with the weather and no crowds at the museum or Greenfield Village,stayed at the Comfort Inn in Dearborn which worked out great.We bought a membership and returned multiple days,make sure you take the Rouge factory tour,!0 bucks,they shuttle you both ways well worth it.We visited Fairlane early in the morning and just walked around,you cant get in its closed for restoration but its also free,The garden gate was open so we chanced it and walked around the back of the house and got pinched by the restoration Boss and had to leave but all good.We want to return when its completed to see inside and especially to tour the power plant.Get yourself a old Crown Vic...