The Ford mansion at 29755 Somerset Road is a massive Jacobean Revival house built by George Ross Ford in 1922. The house has undergone many alterations through the years but none so dramatic as the new owners have finished and scheduled for the home.
Purchased by David Foley and Mike Hebert, two gentlemen who found their way to Perrysburg via extensive travels to Seattle, San Diego, Phoenix and Austin. They found the nearly 12,000 square foot middle part of The Ford Mansion on the internet after a failed sales attempt of a chateau in France during COVID-19.
The owners are staying true to the design aesthetic in their renovations for the home, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The home showcases opulent plaster ceilings, wood paneled dining and living rooms, hand carved woodwork and marble fireplaces.Â
There is a ship room that is built to replicate the hull of the ship and one can just imagine the view from the lit portholes out over the Maumee. The grounds of the mansion have been meticulously upgraded by the owners who love to design the floral beds and painstakingly take care of the grounds.
The future includes a stunning new kitchen and renovations on the second-floor bedrooms which is expected to take at least three years. All are being lovingly upgraded to make sure the architectural foundation of the mansion retains decorative period features from a bygone era.
Once finished this magnificent mansion will take its place as a commemoration to the era of elegant living in the 1920’s when Toledo was a hub of industry.
