Founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul George Booth in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit), the sprawling 319 acre campus consists of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Cranbrook House and Gardens and the private pre-K through 12 Cranbrook Schools (its most famous alum is Presidential candidate Mitt Romney). The organization takes its named from the town in England, the birthplace of the founder's father. Cranbrook is renowned for its Arts and Crafts style architecture. Chief architect Eliel Saarinen and renowned sculptors Carl Milles and Marshall Fredericks all lived and worked at the school. When Cranbrook School was dedicated in 1927 it was Saarinen's first executed building in the United States. This entrance arch leads to the quadrangle and the rest of the campus, most of it designed by Saarinen.
