Martha-Mary Chapel aka The Chapel of Martha-Mary
By mid 1929, Henry Ford's Village was falling into place nicely. He knew what buildings he owned - whether they were already in the Village or were in the process of being removed to the Village from other locations - and he had in his mind what he wanted in place for the October dedication ceremony. However, in the area of what was considered to be the center of activity - the Village Green - were two structures conspicuously absent: a church and a town hall. I'm not sure why Mr. Ford did not find and purchase an authentic period church and town hall, but instead he instructed his right-hand man, Ed Cutler, to design and build each structure right there in the Village, of which commenced simultaneously, facing each other at the front and back of the Village Green. This non-denominational chapel design was based on a Universalist church in Bradford, Massachusetts. The bricks and the doors came from the building in which Henry Ford and Clara Bryant were married in 1888 - the Bry...