Albert Gardner Wood

1886 - 1973  (87 years)

• Name	Albert Gardner Wood
  Born	2 May 1886	New York City, New York, USA.   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	architect, life story
  Occupation	1911	Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada   [1]
  	architect
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-113048
  Died	21 Aug 1973	Port Washington, Nassau, New York, USA
  Buried	New York City, New York, USA.
  Person ID	I113048	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Louisa Moyer,   b. 16 Oct 1883, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jan 1965, Port Washington, Nassau, New York, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	20 Apr 1912	Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Paul Winthrop Wood,   b. 1922, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Aug 2003, Port Washington, Nassau, New York, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F28635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ford Homes Historic District History by Joseph Oldenburg In late 1918 the Henry Ford & Son tractor plant, located south of the present Conrail tracks and east of present Oakwood, employed some 400 men. The plant had been started in 1915 to build a tractor that Henry Ford hoped would help his friend, the American farmer. The tractor sold well and brought prosperity to the tractor plant workers, but the workers faced other problems. Most of them were forced to rent homes in Detroit for the then high rate of $75 a month and spend an hour each day on a crowded Detroit United Railway streetcar to get to work. Rents for the few houses in Dearborn were very high, and a general building slump had hit the country as World War I was winding down. At this time someone approached Henry Ford with the idea of solving Dearborn's housing problems and also showing the rest of the country that home building was feasible despite the economic climate. E.G. Liebold, Henry Ford's personal secretary, may have been the person who suggested it to Ford. It is also said that possibly Clara Bryant Ford, Henry's wife, was an early advocate of the idea. Whoever initiated the idea, Ford gave his 'hearty approval' as long as his name was not connected with the project in order that it could succeed or fail on its own merit. Henry Ford also gave three suggestions to the project planners. First, the group of homes should be sufficiently different in appearance to avoid the thought that they were machine made. Second, that they be of suitable size to accommodate an average family in ample comfort. Third, the best materials be used..... Liebold instructed Albert Wood, an architect on the Ford Motor Company staff and chief construction engineer of the Henry Ford Hospital, to design various models to comply with Henry Ford's 'suggestions' and at a price the average working man could afford. The result was six different models designated A, B, C, D, E, and F. All were two story homes and the original six models were limited to a living room, dining room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, a bathroom, and a porch. The only four-bedroom model, of which only 13 were built, was a replacement for the D home in the first group...... The building of the Ford Homes began in May 1919 on Park Street. The plan was to put up 94 homes the first year. A Detroit Journal article of July 21, 1919, states that 40 homes were then under construction on the Dearborn Realty property. Between May and October the 33 houses on the south side of Park were completed and ready for occupancy. The remaining 61 homes on Nona, which had also been started in May 1919, were completed by November 1919 and were sold and occupied immediately. Albert Wood, the Ford Home architect, bought a home at 22685 Nona and lived there until 1925 and Harry C. Vicarey, head of the mechanical work on the construction, bought the home at 22645 Nona and lived there until late 1978. In 1920, from May to November the remaining 156 Ford Homes were built on Beech, Military, Francis, Edison, and Gregory....1 1Ford Homes Historic District History by Joseph Oldenburg <https://www.fordhomes.org/fhhd_history.pdf>

  
  

• Sources

  [S599] Census - British Columbia - 1911, Vancouver. [S129] Vit - British Columbia Marriage Index. ALBERT GARDNER WOOD Bride: LOUISE MOYER married 20 Apr 1912 Place: VANCOUVER bca number: B11376 Registration Number: 1912-09-068812

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 May 1886 - New York City, New York, USA. Occupation - architect - 1911 - Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada Married - 20 Apr 1912 - Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada Died - 21 Aug 1973 - Port Washington, Nassau, New York, USA Buried - - New York City, New York, USA.  = Link to Google Earth