Walnut Hills in Cincinnati in Hamilton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Cincinnati Ford Assembly Plant
660 Lincoln Avenue
| | 1914 | |
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 28, 2024
1. Cincinnati Ford Assembly Plant Marker
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.
Location. 39° 7.966′ N, 84° 29.602′ W. Marker is in Cincinnati, Ohio, in Hamilton County. It is in Walnut Hills. It is on Lincoln Avenue west of Stanton Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 660 Lincoln Ave, Cincinnati OH 45206, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cincinnati Kindergarten Training School (approx. Ό mile away); Walnut Hill Salutes Black Inventors (approx. 0.3 miles away); Votes for Women (approx. 0.3 miles away); Harriet Beecher Stowe (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lane Theological Seminary / The Lane Seminary Debates (approx. 0.3 miles away); Harriet Beecher Stowe House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Manse Hotel and Annex / Horace Sudduth (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cincinnati Federation of Colored Womens Clubs / Cincinnati Federation Clubhouse (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cincinnati.
Regarding Cincinnati Ford Assembly Plant.
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Ford Motor Company opened its first Cincinnati office and salesroom on Race Street in 1912, and by March, 1914, Ford had purchased a tract of land on Lincoln Avenue in Avondale for construction of a new branch assembly plant. Assembly operations began at the new plant in the spring of 1915 and continued until December, 1932. In 1915 the Ford Motor Company had two manufacturing plants in Michigan and one plant in Manchester, England, along with twenty-four branch assembly plants, including three new plants in Atlanta, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. During the period from July, 1915, to December, 1932, over 600,000 units were assembled at the Cincinnati plant, for an average of 35,300 cars and trucks produced per year.
The Ford Motor Company continued to use the plant as offices, sales rooms, garage repairs, and assembly until July, 1940. At the time of its closing the Cincinnati plant serviced a region that included 192 dealers from portions of Ohio and five surrounding states. The Cincinnati plant was subsequently leased by a realtor in 1940 to the Sears-Roebuck Company, which operated a farm implement distribution center in the building for nearly thirty years.
Also see . . . Ford Motor Company Cincinnati Plant (PDF). National Register nomination
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 28, 2024
2. Cincinnati Ford Assembly Plant Marker
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 28, 2024
3. Cincinnati Ford Assembly Plant
Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 781 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 2, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
