Straight Outta Sudbury: Famous Faces From Your Hometown

SUDBURY, MA—Next time you Sudburyites get behind the wheel, take note and pride in the connection to this famous automobile pioneer.

Yes, Henry Ford, whose Model T revolutionized the automobile industry and made it mainstream, indeed lived-sort of-in Sudbury for a time when he'd spend long retreats with friends at the Wayside Inn, which he purchased in 1923 along with 3,000 acres around it.

Ford, of course, was more connected with Detroit, Michigan, where he founded the Ford Motor Company and developed the assembly line technique of producing cars.He is largely creditedwith making the automobile affordable to the middle class.

Read more about the ownership and time spend at Longfellow's Wayside Inn here.