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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Predicate Object
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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Tin Lizzie → associatedWithPlant → Piquette Avenue Plant ⓘ
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant → partOf → Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District ⓘ
linked to: Piquette Avenue Plant