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Ellen Booth's gentle charm pervaded all aspects of life at Cranbrook. Although she was one of the wealthiest women in Michigan, her lifestyle was unpretentious and she was very considerate of those less fortunate.
Cranbrook House was the family home of Cranbrook’s founders, George and Ellen Booth, from 1908 until 1949.
Ellen Booth Church is a world recognized expert on childhood education, author of books and feature articles and meditation coach for adults and children.
Detroit publishing magnates and Cranbrook founders George and Ellen Booth were married on June 1, 1887. George Gough Booth was born on September 24, 1864, and Ellen Warren Scripps was born on July 10, 1863. The Scripps family owned and operated The Detroit News.
History of Cranbrook House & Gardens. in 1904, Detroit newspaper publisher and philanthropist George Gough Booth and his wife, Ellen Scripps Booth purchased a 174-acre run down farm in Bloomfield Hills, and named it Cranbrook after the English town that the Booth family hailed from.
Kingswood is widely considered Eliel Saarinen’s architectural masterpiece within the educational and cultural complex he designed at the behest of founders George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth.
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Ellen Warren Scripps Booth (1863–1948) was an American businesswoman and philanthropist. Biography. Scripps was born on December 10, 1863, to her parents James E. Scripps, and Harriet Josephine Messinger.