Studebaker Plant No. 14

[Hornwrecker]

I thought that this was going to be easy to answer: just a quick check of the OCF DB, and... I got nothing. Either I missed inputting it into the DB, or we never found #14 in Detroit.

Old Car Factory spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...thkey=CNOh45ML

[sgriccia]

I thought that this was going to be easy to answer: just a quick check of the OCF DB, and... I got nothing. Either I missed inputting it into the DB, or we never found #14 in Detroit.

Old Car Factory spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...thkey=CNOh45ML

I think I answered my own question after further Google searching. I found an Article in Automobile Topics dated May 17, 1913: "Studebaker Leases Another Plant. The Studebaker Corporation has leased the Detroit Curling Club building on Forest Ave,, Detroit, as a storage warehouse for radiators, coils, springs and other supplies. This is the fourteenth building that the Studebaker Corporation has acquired in the capital of automobiledom."

"Leases" is the key word. I assume Studebaker leased the building for the non-winter months. The Detroit Curling Club occupied the location on Forest Ave from 1889 until 1979. They installed a concrete floor in 1909 with the thought in mind that the facility could be used for storage in the non-curling months.

[p69rrh51]

I think I answered my own question after further Google searching. I found an Article in Automobile Topics dated May 17, 1913: "Studebaker Leases Another Plant. The Studebaker Corporation has leased the Detroit Curling Club building on Forest Ave,, Detroit, as a storage warehouse for radiators, coils, springs and other supplies. This is the fourteenth building that the Studebaker Corporation has acquired in the capital of automobiledom."

"Leases" is the key word. I assume Studebaker leased the building for the non-winter months. The Detroit Curling Club occupied the location on Forest Ave from 1889 until 1979. They installed a concrete floor in 1909 with the thought in mind that the facility could be used for storage in the non-curling months.

Interesting, because the Detroit Curling Club was located at 626 E. Woodbridge from 1902 to approximately 1940.

[sgriccia]

I agree with Hornwrecker...The Detroit Curling Club bought the property at Forest & Fourth in 1889. 1236 W. Forest Ave. The original "shed" was torn down and the building was built in 1906. It stood there until 1979.

626 E Woodbridge was the Detroit Racquets & Curling Club. I believe it is still there, but they have not curled since the 1920's.

David