page_title: Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District
hierarchical_section_title: Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District
caption_attribution_description: English: The front façade of the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant at 461 Piquette Street, Detroit, Michigan. Built in 1904, this building was the second home of the Ford Motor Company (and the oldest still standing), and was where the first Ford Model Ts were produced. Now a museum, it is the oldest, purpose-built car factory building in the world open to the public. The building's façade was fully restored and revealed to the public on September 27, 2008, the 100th anniversary of the first Ford Model T to roll out of the plant.
context_page_description: The Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District is a historic district located along Piquette Street in Detroit, Michigan, from Woodward Avenue on the west to Hastings Street on the east. The district extends approximately one block south of Piquette to Harper, and one block north to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Line. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
  The area along Piquette was an important center for automobile production in the early 20th century. Ford Motor Company, Studebaker, Cadillac, Dodge, and Regal Motor Car had plants in the area, as well as suppliers such as Fisher Body. In 1910, the two largest automobile producers in the world, Studebaker and Ford, were located next door to each other on Piquette. Although the area is largely empty and derelict now, as recently as the 1950s there were 50,000 workers employed in plants in the district.
context_section_description: The Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District is a historic district located along Piquette Street in Detroit, Michigan, from Woodward Avenue on the west to Hastings Street on the east.  The district extends approximately one block south of Piquette to Harper, and one block north to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Line.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
  The area along Piquette was an important center for automobile production in the early 20th century.  Ford Motor Company, Studebaker, Cadillac, Dodge, and Regal Motor Car had plants in the area, as well as suppliers such as Fisher Body.  In 1910, the two largest automobile producers in the world, Studebaker and Ford, were located next door to each other on Piquette.  Although the area is largely empty and derelict now, as recently as the 1950s there were 50,000 workers employed in plants in the district.
caption: Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a notable building in the district.
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