The
Cranbrook Educational Community, a
National Historic Landmark, in the
US state of
Michigan was founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul
George Gough Booth. Cranbrook campus is in the
Detroit suburb of
Bloomfield Hills consisting of
Cranbrook Schools, Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Cranbrook Art Museum,
Cranbrook Institute of Science and
Cranbrook House and Gardens. The founders built Christ Church Cranbrook as a focal point in order to serve the educational complex, though the church is a separate entity under the
Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. The sprawling, 319 acre (129 hectare) campus began as a 174-acre (70 ha) farm, purchased in 1904. The organization takes its name from
Cranbrook, England, the birthplace of the founder's father.