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Rose Terrace was a private home located at 12 Lakeshore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Built in 1934 by Anna Dodge, widow of automobile pioneer Horace E. Dodge, it was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Dodge Mansion (Demolished; NR delisted 11/30/77) )〕 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.〔 Despite this, the house was demolished in 1976. ==History== John and Horace Dodge were machinists and early suppliers to, and investors in, the Ford Motor Company. The Dodge Brothers became immensely wealthy, and in 1912, Horace Dodge and his wife Anna Thompson Dodge hired Albert Kahn to design a palatial red sandstone house on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. The landscaping featured a series of terraces cascading down to Lake St. Clair; Anna Dodge filled these with roses and the mansion was subsequently dubbed "Rose Terrace."〔 In 1920, Horace Dodge died, leaving his fortune entirely to his widow, Anna. Anna continued to live at Rose Terrace, but was reportedly unhappy and lonely.〔 In 1926, she married actor Hugh Dillman, and the couple decided to build a completely new mansion. They purchased the nearby Country Club of Detroit and razed both the clubhouse and the original Rose Terrace〔 in 1930.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Grosse Pointe Historical Society )〕 Anna and Hugh spent two years in Europe, advised by noted art dealer Joseph Duveen, collecting art, material, and inspiration for their new mansion. They hired architect Horace Trumbauer of Philadelphia to design the new mansion and the George A. Fuller Company of New York City to supervise construction,〔 which began in 1931. The mansion was finally completed in 1934 at a cost of $4 million.〔 However, even before the new Rose Terrace was completed, Hugh and Anna's marriage soured. They divorced in 1947 and Anna took back "Dodge" as her last name. After Anna's last child, Horace Jr., died in 1962, she stayed living in seclusion at Rose Terrace until her own death in 1970.〔 After her death, the furnishings of the Music Room were willed to the Detroit Institute of Arts.〔 The remaining contents were sold by Christie's in 1971.〔 A catalogue of Anna Dodge's bequest was published in 1996, and includes a section on other works of art given by Anna Thomson Dodge or acquired from her estate from 1925-1973, as well as works of art purchased with the Mr and Mrs Horace E. Dodge Memorial Fund 1971-1995; however, in the year 2000, the Detroit Institute of Arts de-accessioned a number of works of art in the first category, items made specifically for the Music Room at Rose Terrace (many by Alavoine et Cie) on commission from Joseph Duveen, which were sold at Christie's in New York on May 24, namely the Aubusson carpet, the four bronze and crystal chandeliers by Baguès Fréres, the four display cabinets that had held Anna Dodge's collection of Sèvres, and the copy of a pair of Jardinières ensuite with a pair of late eighteenth century Athéniennes still in the bequest (Lots 316-321). For the next few years, the house was used by local organizations for fundraisers or meetings. However, upkeep of the mansion was prohibitively expensive, and there were no buyers who wanted to maintain the house. It was eventually sold to a developer, and despite efforts to save the mansion for its historical significance, it was demolished in the summer of 1976.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rose Terrace (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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