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Jens Jensen

Danish-American landscape designer, 1860 to 1951, born in near Dybbøl, Duchy of Schleswig (now Denmark)

Fair Lane, Dearborn, 1913 Photo: Dave Parker, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Designer of Fair Lane, the building that opened in Dearborn in 1913, on the National Register since 1966. The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores (1928), is the other Jensen work on record here.

notable works beyond Metro Detroit
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Jens Jensen, here and around the world, by height

Both of Jensen's works on record, with 3 of Jensen's notable works elsewhere drawn paler, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.

Both of Jensen's works on record, with 3 of Jensen's notable works elsewhere drawn paler, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.

Fair Lane

1913, Dearborn, height not on record, drawn at one standard size

Still standing, photographed 2024

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The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Jens Jensen, a Danish-American landscape designer, was born in 1860 in near Dybbøl, Duchy of Schleswig (now Denmark) and lived until 1951. Of everything Jensen designed here, Fair Lane leads the list, a building in Dearborn, finished in 1913 and listed on the National Register in 1966.

Beyond the six counties, Jensen designed Humboldt Park in Chicago, Illinois (1877), Rosewood Park in Highland Park, Illinois (1910), and the Harley Clarke Mansion in Evanston, Illinois (1927). A span of 15 years separates Fair Lane (1913) from the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House (1928), the first and last of Jensen's works here. On the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Jensen shares credit with Albert Kahn.

On Fair Lane, Jensen shares credit with Frank Lloyd Wright. Both Fair Lane and the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House still stand. The map below reaches Wayne County and Macomb County, wherever Jensen built. Fair Lane at 4901 Evergreen Rd is a good first stop for anyone tracing Jensen's buildings.

Jens Jensen (September 13, 1860, October 1, 1951) was a Danish-American landscape architect.

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Every Jensen work on record here

Where their buildings stand

County

2 works on the map

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2 works on the map

Beyond Metro Detroit

4 notable works by Jens Jensen in 4 places, from 1877 to 1927, as Wikidata lists them.

Who Jensen worked with

Where the work stands

Photo credits

All 7 photos on Jens Jensen's page, each with its author, license and the original.

  1. Fair Lane, Henry Ford Estate, Dearborn, Southwest side, 2008 Photo: Dave Parker, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Format: Fotopositiv Dato / Date: 1901, om våren Fotograf / Photographer: Aune Sted / Place: Øvre Leirfoss, Trondheim..., 2012 Photo: Municipal Archives of Trondheim from Trondheim, Norway, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Humboldt Park Photo: Plij at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Rosewood Park Photo: Ronincmc, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Harley Clarke Mansion Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  7. Columbus Park Photo: Chicago Daily News., public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

The facts on Jens Jensen come from Wikidata, Wikipedia, and Photos; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.