HISTORIC INDIAN VILLAGE - DETROIT COLONIAL MANSION & BUTLERS QUARTERS FORMER HUGH CHALMERS RESIDENCE BUILT IN 1909 - COMMISSIONED TO ALBERT KAHN, DETROIT, MICHIGAN HUGH CHALMERS BORN 1873-1932, WORKED FOR NATIONAL CASH REGISTER FROM THE TIME HE WAS 14. HE WAS TO VICE PRESIDENT BEFORE HE WAS 30 AND IN 1907 BOUGHT THE THOMAS HALF OF THE THOMAS DETROIT COMPANY. BY 1909 HE HAD COMPLETE CONTROL OF CHALMERS-DETROIT AND RENAMED IT THE CHALMERS MOTOR COMPANY. AT THIS TIME WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HUGH CHALMERS COMMISSIONED DETROIT'S GREATEST ARCHITECH ALBERT KAHN TO DESIGN & BUILD HIS PALATIAL COLONIAL MANSION-ADJOINING MAIDS QUARTERS BUILDING ON THE VERY SAME BLOCK STREET OF 4 OTHER AUTOMOTIVE BARONS. CHALMERS FINANCIALLY BACKED HARRY W. FORD'S SAXTON FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN 1913 IN A SPECTACULAR, THOUGH EVENTUALLY UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO CHALLENGE THE MODEL-T. HE BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF CHALMERS WHEN IT WAS LEASED TO MAXWELL IN 1917, A POSITION HE HELD UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1922. THIS 10,000 SQUARE FOOT PLUS PROPERTY HAS MANY HIGH QUALITY HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY ORGANIZING ON A VERY SHORT TIME SCHEDULE FOR TAGGED SALE SETUP. ANTIQUE MUSEUM QUALITY FURNITURE ANTIQUE HAND WOVEN PERSIAN FLOOR RUGS ANTIQUE OIL PAINTINGS AND FINE ART MASSIVE POCKET WRIST WATCH & POCKET WATCHES FOUND IN ATTIC OF THIS HOUSE, 1 THOUSAND PIECES GLASSWARE, KITCHEN WARE, FLATWARE SIGNED FINE PORCELAIN & DINNERWARE POWER TOOLS COLLECTIONS LIGHTED CHRISTMAS COLLECTIONS