Center City in Toledo in Lucas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Willys-Overland Finishing Plant
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, April 30, 2021
1. Willys-Overland Finishing Plant Marker
Inscription.
Willys-Overland Finishing Plant. . Since 2004, the building at 14th and Adams Streets has been the home of the Toledo School for the Arts. The Willys-Overland Corporation erected the building c. 1916 to finish, ship, and sell the company's cars. The popular Whippet and other models were delivered here to a second story loading dock from the Willys plant along what became Jeep Parkway. Vehicles were displayed behind floor-to-ceiling windows in a first floor showroom. The firm of Mills, Rhines, Bellman, and Nordoff designed the building and others in Toledo during the first third of the 20th century. In 1908, John North Willys (1873-1935) consolidated his company's automobile production in Toledo. By 1912, Willys-Overland sales were second only to the Ford Motor Company's. The company's most famous product is the Jeep, which transported Allied service members from world war two to the 1980s and was a precursor to the sports utility vehicle.
Since 2004, the building at 14th and Adams Streets has been the home of the Toledo School for the Arts. The Willys-Overland Corporation erected the building c. 1916 to finish, ship, and sell the company's cars. The popular Whippet and other models were delivered here to a second story loading dock from the Willys plant along what became Jeep Parkway. Vehicles were displayed behind floor-to-ceiling windows in a first floor showroom. The firm of Mills, Rhines, Bellman, and Nordoff designed the building and others in Toledo during the first third of the 20th century. In 1908, John North Willys (1873-1935) consolidated his company's automobile production in Toledo. By 1912, Willys-Overland sales were second only to the Ford Motor Company's. The company's most famous product is the Jeep, which transported Allied service members from WWII to the 1980s and was a precursor to the sports utility vehicle.
Erected 2019 by Toledo School for the Arts and The Ohio History Connection. (Marker Number 67-48.)
Location. 41° 39.417′ N, 83° 32.582′ W. Marker is in Toledo, Ohio, in Lucas County. It is in Center City. It is at the intersection of Adams Street and 14th Street, on the right when traveling east on Adams Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 333 14th Street, Toledo OH 43604, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Also see . . . Years 1940-49. The heyday of the Jeep. World War II. (Submitted on May 2, 2021.)
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, April 30, 2021
3. Willys-Overland Finishing Plant
This view is from the 14th Street side of the plant, which is now the Toledo School for the Arts.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 1,433 times since then and 113 times this year. Last updated on January 30, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on May 2, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
