The Cranbrook Educational Community, a
National Historic Landmark, in the
U.S. state of
Michigan was founded in the early
20th century by newspaper mogul
George Gough Booth. Cranbrook campus is in the
Detroit suburb of
Bloomfield Hills consisting of
Cranbrook Kingswood School,
Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Cranbrook Art Museum,
Cranbrook Institute of Science,
Cranbrook House and Gardens, and
Christ Church Cranbrook. The sprawling, 319-acre (129 hectares) campus began as a 174-acre (70 ha) farm, purchased in 1904. The organization takes its name from
Cranbrook, England, the birthplace of the founder's father.
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