Ford Piquette Avenue Plant: Where the Model T Was Born | TrendingAmerican

The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, built in 1904, is preserved as the birthplace of the Model T and now operates as a museum. Production later moved to Highland Park in 1910, but the three-story brick building stayed in use before preservationists acquired it in 2000. Visitors can enter through a museum program to see early factory spaces shaped by practical needs such as daylight, working room, and fire protection including firewalls, fire doors and a sprinkler system supplied by a rooftop water tank. The Model T arrived in 1908 as a way to broaden access, though demand quickly exceeded what the small factory could handle.