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The Henry Ford II World Center, also commonly known as the Ford World Headquarters and popularly known as the Glass House, [1] [2] is the administrative headquarters for Ford Motor Company, a 12-story, glass-faced office building [3] designed to accommodate a staff of approximately 3,000.
The Lincoln Motor Company Plant was an automotive plant at Livernois, 6200 West Warren Avenue Detroit, Michigan, later known as the Detroit Edison Warren Service Center. [1] The complex was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, due to its historic association with World War I Liberty engines and the Lincoln Motor Company .
Leland named Lincoln Motor Company after Abraham Lincoln, stating that Lincoln was the first President for whom he ever voted (1864). [ 10 ] [ 13 ] The company was financed by securing a $10 million contract to produce Liberty V12 aircraft engines ($245,428,571 in 2024 dollars [ 14 ] ) for use during World War I .
20301 Oakwood Boulevard at Dearborn Inn Dearborn: January 19, 1957: Ford Hunger March Informational Site 10520 W Fort St, at the Rouge River: Detroit: December 19, 1991: Ford Motor Company Informational Site 149 Griswold at Jefferson, Hart Plaza: Detroit: January 19, 1978: Ford Motor Company Lamp Factory: 26601 W. Huron River Drive Flat Rock: 2008
Joint venture: Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (50%), Ford Motor Company (25%), Mazda Motor Company (25%). Ford sold its stake to Mazda in 2019. Now known as Changan Mazda Engine Co., Ltd. owned 50% by Mazda & 50% by Changan. Charles McEnearney & Co. Ltd. Tumpuna Road, Arima: Trinidad and Tobago: Ford Cortina, Ford Laser: Closed in the ...
In 1999, architect William McDonough entered into an agreement with Ford Motor Company to redesign its 85-year-old, 1,212-acre (490 ha) Rouge River facility. [14] The roof of the 1.1-million-square-foot (100,000 m 2) Dearborn truck assembly plant was covered with more than 10 acres (4.0 ha) of sedum, a low-growing groundcover.
The Henry Ford is sited between the Ford Dearborn Development Center and several Ford engineering buildings with which it shares the same style gates and brick fences. In 1970, the museum purchased what it believed to be a 17th-century Brewster Chair , created for one of the Pilgrim settlers in the Plymouth Colony , for $9,000.
After the World’s Fair, the Rotunda was dismantled and rebuilt in Dearborn, serving as the visitor center for what was then the equivalent of Ford Motor Company’s world headquarters. Albert Kahn, who designed the Rotunda for Ford’s exposition at the World’s Fair, was also called upon to update the design for its new purpose. Its ...