Cranbrook Educational Community
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The Cranbrook Educational Community was founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul George Gough Booth, consisting of Cranbrook Kingswood School, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Cranbrook House and Gardens, and Christ Church Cranbrook. The sprawling, 319-acre Community began as a 174-acre farm, purchased in 1904. The organization was named after Cranbrook School Kent in England, from which its founder graduated.
Cranbrook is renowned for its architecture of the Arts and Crafts Movement style. The chief architects were Albert Kahn and Eliel Saarinen. Renowned sculptors Carl Milles and Marshall Fredericks also spent many years in residence at Cranbrook. Cranbrook was added to the list of National Historic Landmarks in 1989. In 2004, MSNBC and Budget Travel Magazine named it one of the world's 12 architectural must-visit sites. Tony Atkin, Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, compiled this list.
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