Support an American Icon

Some buildings are so iconic to American history and the cities they represent, they communicate layers of cultural meaning through their names alone. There is only one Motor City, the historic heart of the American automotive industry, and more than anywhere else, the legend — and the foundation for Detroit’s extraordinary contribution to the world — began at 461 Piquette Avenue.

National Historic Landmark

Today, visitors to the Piquette Avenue Plant Museum can explore one of the oldest surviving automotive factories in the world and walk the very same floors as Henry and Edsel Ford. Through film, photographs, artifacts and other historical interpretation, the museum brings to life the industrial, cultural, and social history of the City of Detroit just after the turn of the 20th century.

Your Help Now is Critical

At this important crossroad in Piquette’s history, the community is invited to help power the Preserving the Legend vision, to ensure the future of this remarkable emblem of American history by helping to provide needed matching funds for a $500,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant. The project will provide for much needed American Disability Act (ADA) access to all floors of the museum via a new elevator and ADA compliant restroom facilities on all three floors.