Surprise visit to Moto Mower founder’s home

[Lane Ranger 11,074]

I am in Bloomfield Hills , Michigan this week for the American Art Pottery Association convention.  I have another “collection” than just Wheel Horses.  My collection in American pottery is over 250 pieces.

 

We have been on visits to pottery makers, collections etc this week.

 

To my surprise yesterday, at the Kirk of the Hills church in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 

a tile in the church that had Colonel Edwin George on a mower.  I was told he loved his riding lawn mower.  It turns out he was the owner of Moto Mower as described below.

 

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Cedarholm Estate ( Colonel George had the Kirk of the Hills gothic church built around his home in Bloomfield Hills).

 

Colonel Edwin S. George was an early real estate developer along the Woodward corridor in Detroit. He also owned the Moto Mower Company, the manufacturer of the first power lawn mowers. When he died, the colonel deeded his estate, Cedarholm, to the Presbyterian Church.

 

 

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Some dispute about the first power mower in the USA.   The Coldwell Company in New York developed a steam power mower in 1904.  Moto Mower may have developed a gasoline motorized mower after that steam power mower was developed.

 

 

Edited May 3, 2024 by Lane Ranger