Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a former automobile factory located within the area of , Michigan, United States. Built in 1904, it was the second center of automobile production for the Ford Motor Company, after the Ford Mack Avenue Plant.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: former car factory and National Historic Landmark in Detroit, Michigan.
  • Address: 461 Piquette Street, Detroit, MI 48202

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Detroit station and Our Lady of the Rosary Church.

Railway station
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is an intermodal transit station in , . Located in , the facility currently serves Amtrak and QLine streetcars. is situated 1,900 feet west of Ford Piquette Avenue Plant.

Church
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The is a Roman Catholic church located at 5930 Woodward Avenue in . It was originally built as St. Joseph's Episcopal Church – from 1893 to 1896 – and is a historic Romanesque Revival church complex. is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Ford Piquette Avenue Plant.

Museum
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The is located at 5401 Woodward Avenue in the city's Cultural Center Historic District in Midtown Detroit. It chronicles the history of the area from cobblestone streets, 19th century stores, the auto assembly line, toy trains, fur trading from the 18th century, and much more. is situated 3,400 feet south of Ford Piquette Avenue Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milwaukee Junction and Midtown-New Center.

Neighborhood
is an area in , , east of . Located near the railroad junction of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad's predecessors Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway and the Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction, the area encompasses the streets of East Grand Boulevard to the north, St.

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Midtown is the cultural center of . It is home to several museums and galleries, such as the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

Suburb
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is a commercial and residential district located in Detroit, Michigan, adjacent to Midtown, one mile north of the Cultural Center, and approximately three miles north of .

Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

Latitude
42.3691° or 42° 22′ 9″ north
Longitude
-83.06546° or 83° 3′ 56″ west
Open location code
86JR9W9M+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 59028739
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q7197543
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Ford Piquette Avenue Plant” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Abundant Faith Cathedral and Oakland Avenue Missionary Baptist Church.

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