With apologies for the late notice, last month, U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton designated the Ford Motor Co.
Piquette Plant, birthplace of the Model T car, as a National Historic Landmark. Said Norton in a statement:
"National treasures are exceptional places that shed light on our history and help explain our past."
Less than 2,500 sites have received the National Historic Landmark designation. The Model T Automotive Heritage Complex, aka ‘T-Plex’,
was pleased with Secretary Norton’s announcement.
"That area is the cradle of the automotive
industry," said Jerald Mitchell, founder and CEO of T-Plex. "It's already in a city historic district, a
state historic site, and on the National Register of Historic Places. The landmark status is the most
exclusive."
We at Autoblog can’t help but agree and offer our congratulations.
[Source: Detroit News]
