Meadow Brook Farms | |
Location | 350 Estate Drive Rochester Hills, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 42°40′19″N 83°12′04″W / 42.67194°N 83.20111°W |
Built | 1926–1929 |
Architect | William E. Kapp Smith, Hinchman & Grylls |
Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 79001166[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 17, 1979 |
Designated NHL | March 2, 2012[2] |
Designated MSHS | November 3, 1976 |
Meadow Brook Hall is a Tudor revival style mansion located at 350 Estate Drive in Rochester Hills, Michigan. It was built between 1926 and 1929 by the heiress to the Dodge automaker fortune, Matilda Dodge Wilson and her second husband, lumber baron, Alfred Wilson. Covering 88,000 square feet (8,200 m2) with 110 rooms,[3][4] the structure is the fourth largest historic mansion museum in the United States, and is classified as one of America's Castles.[5] In 1957, the mansion and the surrounding property and buildings were donated to the state of Michigan in order to fund Michigan State University–Oakland, now known as Oakland University. The structure was named a National Historic Landmark in 2012.[2][6]