The story
Museum preserving the birthplace of the Model T and early automotive history
Everything that was here
- 2000–present · still open
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant MuseumMuseum
Museum preserving the birthplace of the Model T and early automotive history
See the map in 2001 → - 1904–1910
Ford Motor Company (Piquette Plant)Automobile Manufacturing
Birthplace of the Model T. Henry Ford's team designed the revolutionary car in a secret third-floor room.
See the map in 1905 →
Did you know?
Only 12,000 Model Ts were built here before production moved to Highland Park
The building was nearly demolished in 2000 before preservationists saved it
The Model T was born here in 1908, changing the world forever
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