Episode 80: “The Inside Story of the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant"
In this episode, producer Phil Tower, along with hosts Al Schwinkendorf and John Puhek, welcome special guest Barry Cogan, a member of the Piquette Avenue Plant’s Board of Trustees, and volunteer for the facility for more than ten years. We learned that Barry also served on the Board of Directors for the Dodge Brothers Club, the Eastside A’s Model A Club, and Piquette T’s Model T Club.
Barry told us that The Model-T Automotive Heritage Complex, Inc., better known as the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, was organized in 2000 as a nonprofit organization for the purpose of preserving the Plant and keeping it from being demolished. The facility is now open year-round as a Museum and education center and attracts visitors from around the world.
We also learned that the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant (FPAP) is managed by a Board of Trustees and volunteer committees and the treasured historic site is financially self-supported.
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant was dedicated as a MotorCities National Heritage Area site in 1996 and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2002 and listed as a Michigan State Historic Site in 2003. Barry also shares with us the amazing story of how the plat was nearly torn down and eventually saved from the wrecking ball!
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