William Edmund Scripps 3283739 225264954 2008-07-12T19:48:39Z TheKuLeR 363305 '''William Edmund Scripps''' ([[May 6]], [[1882]]–1952) newspaper publisher, aviator Scripps was the son of [[James E. Scripps]], the founder of [[The Detroit News|Detroit’s ''Evening News'']]. In 1916, he began purchasing large tracts of [[Farmland (farming)|farmland]] in [[Lake Orion, Michigan]] with an ambition to raise [[livestock]] and show animals. The [[estate (land)|estate]], called Wildwood Farms, grew in size to roughly 720 [[acres]] (2.9 km²). In the mid-1920s Scripps hired his brother-in-law, architect Clarence E. Day to build a new home for his family on the northwest quadrant of the property. [[Scripps Mansion]] (or Moulton Manor) is a magnificent [[Tudor style]] mansion, was completed in 1927. Scripps Mansion served as a [[Catholic]] [[Guest House]] and Retreat Center since the 1950s and is not open to the public, except on rare occasions to show the magnificent interior and design. Scripps was an avid aviator and promoted aviation through his father's newspaper, ''The Detroit News'', which he ran during 1929–1952. In 1913, Scripps flew a Curtis flying boat underneath the orignal [[MacArthur Bridge (Detroit)|Belle Isle Bridge]] [http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=77&CFID=11849544&CFTOKEN=67648774] Scripps married Nina Amenda Downey and had four children. When his son James Edmund II died of appendicitis in 1925 at 22, Scripps and his wife donated a painting to the [[Detroit Institute of Arts|Detroit Art Museum]] in his memory. == External Links == * [http://www.friendsofscrippsestate.org/ Friends of William Edmund Scripps Estate] [[Category:1882 births|Scripps, William Edmund]] [[Category:1952 deaths|Scripps, William Edmund]] [[Category:American newspaper publishers (people) of the 20th century|Scripps, William Edmund]]