Piquette Avenue Plant

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The Piquette Avenue Plant is the historic Detroit factory where Henry Ford developed and first produced the iconic Model T automobile.

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instanceOf automobile factory
historic site
museum
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 2002
address 461 Piquette Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
architecturalStyle early 20th-century industrial architecture
associatedWith Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Model T
linked to: Ford Model T
builtFor Ford Motor Company
city Detroit
constructionStartDate 1904
country United States
currentUse automotive heritage museum
tourist attraction
developer Ford Motor Company
floorArea approximately 402,000 square feet
formerName Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
hasExhibit Model T assembly and design displays
historic Ford vehicles
heritageDesignation Michigan State Historic Site
National Historic Landmark
locatedIn Detroit
Michigan
United States
locatedInNeighborhood Milwaukee Junction
material brick
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 2006
notableFor being the birthplace of the Ford Model T
early use of multi-story factory layout for auto production
NRHPReferenceNumber 02000518
NRHPType building
numberOfFloors 3
openingDate 1904
operator Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum
owner Ford Motor Company
partOf Detroit automotive heritage sites
product Ford Model N
Ford Model R
Ford Model S
Ford Model T
significantEvent development of the Ford Model T
start of Model T production
successorFacility Ford Highland Park Plant
use automobile design and development
automobile manufacturing
yearFordProductionMovedOut 1910
yearModelTDevelopmentBegan 1907
yearModelTProductionBegan 1908

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