Ford Motor Company Cincinnati Plant
- Architect
- Albert Kahn
- Style
- Chicago School
- City
- Cincinnati, OH
The Ford Motor Company Cincinnati Plant is an industrial building designed by Albert Kahn in the Chicago School idiom, employing Kahn's daylight-factory approach to industrial design. Its large facade is visible from the street, and the plant carries the history of Ford Motor Company's Cincinnati operations. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
the building
Daylight-factory design. The plant applies Albert Kahn's daylight-factory approach to industrial design, part of the Chicago School idiom, an innovation aimed at bringing natural light deep into factory floors.
the style
The plant is an example of Chicago School industrial architecture, expressed here through Kahn's daylight-factory design principles.
More on Chicago Schoolthe architect
Albert Kahn designed the Ford Motor Company Cincinnati Plant, applying his daylight-factory approach to industrial architecture.
significance
The plant is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- First Unitarian Church
- C. H. Burroughs House
- Cummins School
- First Universalist Church
- Walnut Hills United Presbyterian Church
- Wilson-Gibson House