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Matilda Dodge Wilson (1883–1967), widow of John F. Dodge, and her second husband, Alfred G. Wilson, had the 110-room Tudor Revival house erected on the site of the former John Dodge farm, a 123-acre tract that was the site of Dodge's vacation house until 1920. Meadow Brook Hall is a stately manor house of stone, brick, and half-timbered ...
Sep 4, 2019 · The 88,000-square-foot Tudor revival mansion is the former residence of one of the automotive aristocracy’s most memorable women, Matilda Dodge Wilson (widow of auto pioneer John Dodge), her second husband Alfred G. Wilson and her children. Matilda and John Dodge had three children, Frances, Daniel and Anna Margaret, who passed away at age 4.
Aug 23, 2021 · She got a job with John and Horace Dodge in their automotive parts company, and five years after starting there, she married John Dodge, who also came from humble origins. That was in 1907. Over the next thirteen years, the Dodge company grew more successful, leaving Matilda and her family very wealthy. Matilda led a full and admirable life.
Nov 21, 2022 · Between 1926 and 1929, Meadow Brook Hall was built. For those who are not aware, Meadow Brook Hall is the former country estate of Matilda Dodge Wilson and her husband Alfred Wilson. It is the ninth largest home in the US and was named a National Historic Landmark in 2012. I attended that 2012 ceremony,...
Mar 7, 2021 · Both John and Horace Dodge died in 1920 from the Spanish flu, a pandemic often mentioned in these days of COVID-19. Matilda raised their three children and three from John’s first marriage while also managing their enterprises. In 1925, she married Alfred Wilson, a lumber broker.
The Meadow Brook Hall estate, which at its peak included approximately 1,400 acres, was once owned by Matilda Rausch Dodge Wilson. Matilda Wilson, with her second husband Alfred G. Wilson, developed and expanded the property beginning in 1926.
Jan 1, 1998 · A Place in the Country: Matilda Wilson's Personal Guidebook to Meadow Brook Hall (A Meadow Brook Hall Collection Book) [Matilda Rausch Dodge Wilson, Shelby Newhouse, Debbie Patrick (Editor), Lisa Baylis Ashby (Foreword), Debbie Patrick, Lisa Baylis Ashby] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
- Matilda Rausch Dodge Wilson, Shelby Newhouse, Debbie Patrick (Editor)
