Near the manor house on a recent afternoon, a farmer laughed when asked what he thought a future owner might do with it.
"Thank you," to everyone who owns and all future owners of these paintings.
Areas between the streets are divided up into lots to be sold to future owners.
Ford is drafting new text for future owners' manuals, too, he said.
Instead, he is fighting for management's right to run the company without being second-guessed, whoever the future owners turn out to be.
Besides, they ask, what if a future owner decides to build a day care center where a parking lot once stood?
The Scouts still use the property, but they and any future owners are forbidden to develop it.
This agreement applies to the current owner and all future owners.
The foundation could take legal action against any future owner who failed to follow the terms.
There is nothing to prevent a future owner from stripping the building's exterior, although such work has declined in recent decades.