collection of nearly 100 historic buildings on a 200-acre (80-hectare) site in Dearborn, southeastern Michigan, U.S. It was established in 1933 by industrialist Henry Ford (Ford, Henry), who relocated or reconstructed buildings there from throughout the United States. The village includes the birthplaces, homes, or workplaces of Ford, William Holmes McGuffey (McGuffey, William Holmes), Noah Webster (Webster, Noah), Luther Burbank (Burbank, Luther), and Wilbur and Orville Wright (Wright, Wilbur and Orville). Also featured are Thomas A. Edison (Edison, Thomas Alva)'s laboratory from Menlo Park, N.J., a Stephen Foster (Foster, Stephen) memorial, a courthouse where Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln, Abraham) practiced law, a steam-powered paddleboat and several locomotives, and representative English and early American homes, public buildings, and craft shops. The adjoining Henry Ford Museum houses a collection of Americana.