Home of the Lexington Automobile

Home of the Lexington Automobile. . , Lexington Automobiles were produced in Connersville from 1910 to 1926. The Lexington Automobile Company was founded in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1908, but Connersville businessmen enticed the company to move here to replace Connersville's dying buggy and carriage industry. The Lexington factory assembled the cars from parts made locally in the nation's first industrial park, creating reliable, mid-priced cars that became well known with their Minute Man Six and Thoroughbred Six models. , Like many car manufacturers in the early 20th century. Lexington improved its cars through racing. In 1912 Lexington entered the 1912 Indianapolis 500, and the Gliden Tour. In 1920 Lexington competed in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, taking first and second place. They won again in 1924. Under Edward Ansted's and his son Frank's management the company thrived, also producing Howard and Ansted cars. The Lexingtons made Connersville a vital part of America's early automobile industry.