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The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is located at 461 Piquette, on the northwest corner of Piquette and Beaubien. It is a three-story mill-style building designed by Field, Hinchman, and Smith for Ford in 1904. [12] The first Model Ts were built in this building. [13] The building was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 17, 2006. [1]
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant was sold to the Model T Automotive Heritage Complex in April 2000. [21] Model T Automotive Heritage Complex is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has run the building as a museum since July 27, 2001. [22] [23] The Piquette Avenue Plant is the oldest purpose-built automotive factory building open to the public.
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
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The holiday market will run from noon to 5 p.m. at the Fisher building Saturday. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit’s Fisher Building to host pop-up holiday market ...
Milwaukee Junction is an area in Detroit, Michigan, east of New Center.Located near the railroad junction of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad's predecessors Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway and the Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction, the area encompasses the streets of East Grand Boulevard to the north, St. Aubin St./Hamtramck Drive to the east, John R Street to the ...
Detroit PBS planning new headquarters on Piquette in Detroit, an area steeped in automotive history. Detroit Public Television returns to its roots in city with 50,000-square-foot building Skip to ...
The East Grand Boulevard Historic District is a historic district located along East Grand Boulevard between East Jefferson Avenue and Mack Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]