The Cranbrook Educational Community is an education, research, and public museum complex in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. This National Historic Landmark was founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul George Gough Booth. It consists of Cranbrook Schools, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Institute of Science, and Cranbrook House and Gardens. The founders also built Christ Church Cranbrook as a focal point in order to serve the educational complex. However, the church is a separate entity under the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. The sprawling 319-acre (1,290,000 m) campus began as a 174-acre (700,000 m) farm, purchased in 1904. The organization takes its name from Cranbrook, England, the birthplace of the founder's father.
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Coordinates | 42°34′3.4″N 83°14′36.9″W
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Built | 1926–99
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Architectural style | 20th Century American
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Added to NRHP | March 7, 1973
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Designated NHLD | June 29, 1989
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