Living outside of the Motor City (otherwise known as Detroit) means that we’re surrounded by no shortage of interesting automotive history. The birthplace of the American automobile, Detroit is centered around a rich ancestry of innovation, creativity, and mechanical genius.
In September of 2014, we visited the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, located in Detroit. The second home of Ford Motor Company automobile production, the plant is best known for bringing the Ford Model T to the masses, and is the oldest automotive factory building in the world that remains open to the general public.
The first Ford Model T was produced at the plant on September 27, 1908. Nearly 12,000 Model T’s were produced in the building in just over two years, before operations ceased and were relocated to a new complex in Highland Park, Michigan.
The building was bought by Studebaker and resumed turning out new cars, before its automotive contributions ended, and it became home to several non-car companies.
Here are some of the highlights from our visit a few years back!
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