Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

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The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a historic Detroit automobile factory best known as the birthplace of the Ford Model T and an early center of automotive innovation.

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Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile factory
historic site
industrial building
addedToNRHP 2002
architecturalStyle early 20th-century industrial architecture
area approximately 2.6 acres
associatedWithOrganization Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED
associatedWithPerson Henry Ford NERFINISHED
builtFor Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED
builtIn 1904
city Detroit NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1904
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentUse automotive museum
historic site open to the public
designedBy Ford Motor Company engineers NERFINISHED
developer Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED
firstModelTProductionDate 1908
floorCount 3
functionAfterFord industrial and warehouse use
hasExhibit Ford Model T development artifacts
early Ford vehicles
historic automotive manufacturing equipment
heritageDesignation Michigan State Historic Site NERFINISHED
National Historic Landmark
laterUse multi-tenant industrial building
locatedIn Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED
material brick
modelDeveloped Ford Model N NERFINISHED
Ford Model R NERFINISHED
Ford Model S NERFINISHED
Ford Model T NERFINISHED
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 2006
notableFor being the birthplace of the Ford Model T
early center of automotive innovation
operatedBy Ford Piquette Avenue Plant museum organization NERFINISHED
ownedBy Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED
partOf Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District NERFINISHED
productionStartOfModelT 1908
publicAccess yes
roofType timber and steel truss roof
significance important site in the history of mass automobile production
site of development and early production of the Ford Model T
state Michigan (most of state)
surface form: Michigan
streetAddress 461 Piquette Avenue
tourType guided tours
usedFor automobile manufacturing
automotive engineering
vehicle assembly

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Piquette Avenue Plant formerName Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
Piquette Avenue Plant operator Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
this entity surface form: Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum