Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

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automobile factory historic site industrial building

The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a historic Detroit automobile factory best known as the birthplace of the Ford Model T and an early center of automotive innovation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant canonical	1
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum	1
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant museum organization	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5752991 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
Context triple: [Piquette Avenue Plant, formerName, Ford Piquette Avenue Plant]

A. Highland Park Ford Plant
The Highland Park Ford Plant is a historic automobile factory in Michigan renowned as the birthplace of the moving assembly line that revolutionized mass production in the early 20th century.
B. Ford River Rouge Complex
The Ford River Rouge Complex is a historic, vertically integrated Ford Motor Company manufacturing site in Dearborn, Michigan, renowned as one of the largest and most influential industrial complexes of the 20th century.
C. General Motors Flint Assembly Plant
General Motors Flint Assembly Plant is a major automotive manufacturing facility in Flint, Michigan, historically known for producing a wide range of GM vehicles and playing a central role in the city’s industrial economy.
D. Fort Wayne Assembly Plant
Fort Wayne Assembly Plant is a General Motors manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, primarily known for producing full-size pickup trucks.
E. Mishawaka Assembly Plant
Mishawaka Assembly Plant is an AM General vehicle manufacturing facility in Mishawaka, Indiana, best known for producing military Humvees and civilian Hummer models.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
Target entity description: The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a historic Detroit automobile factory best known as the birthplace of the Ford Model T and an early center of automotive innovation.

A. Highland Park Ford Plant
The Highland Park Ford Plant is a historic automobile factory in Michigan renowned as the birthplace of the moving assembly line that revolutionized mass production in the early 20th century.
B. Ford River Rouge Complex
The Ford River Rouge Complex is a historic, vertically integrated Ford Motor Company manufacturing site in Dearborn, Michigan, renowned as one of the largest and most influential industrial complexes of the 20th century.
C. General Motors Flint Assembly Plant
General Motors Flint Assembly Plant is a major automotive manufacturing facility in Flint, Michigan, historically known for producing a wide range of GM vehicles and playing a central role in the city’s industrial economy.
D. Fort Wayne Assembly Plant
Fort Wayne Assembly Plant is a General Motors manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, primarily known for producing full-size pickup trucks.
E. Mishawaka Assembly Plant
Mishawaka Assembly Plant is an AM General vehicle manufacturing facility in Mishawaka, Indiana, best known for producing military Humvees and civilian Hummer models.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	automobile factory ⓘ historic site ⓘ industrial building ⓘ
addedToNRHP	2002 ⓘ
architecturalStyle	early 20th-century industrial architecture ⓘ
area	approximately 2.6 acres ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization	Ford Motor Company ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Henry Ford ⓘ
builtFor	Ford Motor Company ⓘ
builtIn	1904 ⓘ
city	Detroit ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1904 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
currentUse	automotive museum ⓘ historic site open to the public ⓘ
designedBy	Ford Motor Company engineers ⓘ linked to: Ford Design Center
developer	Ford Motor Company ⓘ
firstModelTProductionDate	1908 ⓘ
floorCount	3 ⓘ
functionAfterFord	industrial and warehouse use ⓘ
hasExhibit	Ford Model T development artifacts ⓘ early Ford vehicles ⓘ historic automotive manufacturing equipment ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Michigan State Historic Site ⓘ National Historic Landmark ⓘ
laterUse	multi-tenant industrial building ⓘ
locatedIn	Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ linked to: Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
material	brick ⓘ
modelDeveloped	Ford Model N ⓘ Ford Model R ⓘ Ford Model S ⓘ Ford Model T ⓘ
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate	2006 ⓘ
notableFor	being the birthplace of the Ford Model T ⓘ early center of automotive innovation ⓘ
operatedBy	Ford Piquette Avenue Plant museum organization ⓘ linked to: Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
ownedBy	Ford Motor Company ⓘ
partOf	Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District ⓘ linked to: Piquette Avenue Plant
productionStartOfModelT	1908 ⓘ
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
roofType	timber and steel truss roof ⓘ
significance	important site in the history of mass automobile production ⓘ site of development and early production of the Ford Model T ⓘ
state	Michigan ⓘ linked to: Michigan (most of state)
streetAddress	461 Piquette Avenue ⓘ
tourType	guided tours ⓘ
usedFor	automobile manufacturing ⓘ automotive engineering ⓘ vehicle assembly ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Piquette Avenue Plant → formerName → Ford Piquette Avenue Plant ⓘ

Piquette Avenue Plant → operator → Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum ⓘ

linked to: Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

Ford Piquette Avenue Plant → operatedBy → Ford Piquette Avenue Plant museum organization ⓘ