Piquette Avenue Plant

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historic automobile factory
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 2002
gptkbp:address gptkb:461_Piquette_Avenue,_Detroit,_Michigan
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Early Commercial
gptkbp:area 2.6 acres
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Ford_Motor_Company
gptkbp:category Ford factories
Motor vehicle museums in Michigan
Museums in Detroit
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
gptkbp:closed 1910
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1904
gptkbp:currentUse gptkb:museum
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Field,_Hinchman_&_Smith
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Piquette Avenue Plant
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:location gptkb:Detroit,_Michigan,_USA
gptkbp:museum gptkb:Ford_Piquette_Avenue_Plant_Museum
gptkbp:notableFor birthplace of the Ford Model T
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Joseph_A._Galamb
gptkb:James_Couzens
gptkb:C._Harold_Wills
gptkb:Charles_E._Sorensen
gptkb:John_and_Horace_Dodge
gptkb:Peter_E._Martin
gptkb:Henry_Ford
gptkb:Edsel_Ford
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:Ford_Model_S
gptkb:Ford_Model_B
gptkb:Ford_Model_K
gptkb:Ford_Model_N
gptkb:Ford_Model_T
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 02001099
gptkbp:numberOfFloors 3
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Ford_Motor_Company
gptkb:Studebaker
gptkb:Minnesota_Mining_and_Manufacturing_Company
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Model_T_Automotive_Heritage_Complex,_Inc.
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Piquette_Avenue_Industrial_Historic_District
gptkbp:significantEvent Ford Motor Company moved to Highland Park Plant in 1910
Model T first produced here in 1908
gptkbp:usedFor automobile manufacturing
gptkbp:website https://www.fordpiquetteplant.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ford_Model_K
gptkb:Ford_Model_T_Roadster
gptkb:Ford_Model_T_Runabout
gptkb:Ford_Model_T_Sedan
gptkb:Model_T
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5