Creating A Legend

The Ford Motor Company Piquette Avenue Plant became the laboratory in which Henry Ford explored design and created the Model T, the car that changed the world. Built for Ford Motor Company in 1904, its three brick stories rose next to the railroad tracks, with firewalls and sprinklers to minimize the risk of fire and nearly 400 windows to maximize light along its 400-foot length. Ford business manager James Couzens's office was on the main floor, while Henry Ford's office was on the second floor near the vehicle design, innovation, and production that he nurtured. The company moved into the Piquette plant 18 months after starting operations in a rented building on Mack Avenue in June 1903.

Detroit, Michigan · United States