Main Street Lunch Addition - Greenfield Village Dearborn, Michigan

View from Corner of Bagley and Main - Note the Elm Tree which was Saved

The Main Street Lunch Addition was designed for Henry Ford Museum - Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. An existing lunch facility within the Village was too small to accommodate the many school children who visit on field trips. Kelly-Tinker's design produced a building roughly 25' by 82' aligning to the south edge of the existing building and running lengthwise to the west. This allowed for vehicular access to support functions behind the existing building and the potential to preserve existing trees. The timber frame structure has 5 large overhead garage doors which when opened allow the lunch room to be open to the exterior. It can be closed up at night and during inclement weather. It has its own simple efficient lighting and heating systems. The dining area is extended to the north beneath a modular trellis mirroring the trellis covered seating to the north of the existing lunch building. The building exterior uses form and detailing in keeping with the turn of the century buildings nearby.

View from the Old Lunch Facility to the New

Site and Floor Plan of New Facility