Who: Merrill-Palmer Institute’s Friends of Freer House at
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Where: 71 East Ferry Street in
When: Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, tour of Freer House 6 p.m./Lecture and light refreshments 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP by Nov. 8, 2005 at (313) 872-1790/ ac6500@wayne.edu
Before the automobile, came the railroad, before Ford and the Dodge Brothers came Charles Lang Freer and Frank J. Hecker, and before Detroit became the nation\'s auto capital, it was the freight car manufacturing center of America.
This powerhouse industry at the end of the 19th century was built by the extraordinary talents of Freer and Hecker, men whose vision and business acumen left an indelible mark on the economic, civic and cultural life of both
The Friends of Freer House is proud to present a very special evening with J. Douglas Peters, co-author of a new book on the history of the railroad freight car manufacturing company formed by Freer and Hecker in
Peters is an attorney and shareholder with the law firm of Charfoos and Christensen and has the pleasure of working each day in the firm\'s offices located in the
Since 1919, Freer House has been the location of the Merrill-Palmer Institute. The Institute was founded by the will of Lizzie Pitts Merrill-Palmer to further the study of home life and family development.