- And we're gonna end the show today with yet another piece of Detroit history.

The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant was built in 1904 and served as the birthplace of Henry Ford's Model T. The plant is now a museum and "One Detroit's" Chris Jordan toured the site with its president and COO, Jill Woodward.

- The Ford Piquette Avenue plant is really one of the most important historic sites for the automotive industry in the world.

It is really the origin point of the Motor City.

So when we ask ourselves, where did Detroit get its start as the Motor City, it happened right here in Milwaukee Junction.

Henry Ford built the Ford Piquette plant in 1904.

He was here until 1910.

And this is where he envisioned and built the very first Model T which we know is the car that put the world on wheels.

We actually have Henry Ford's secret experimental room rebuilt here in the museum on the third floor.

And it's holy ground for a lot of people to see the spot where that vehicle, the very first one was made.

Over 15 million were made.

And when you come here, you can see, for instance, number 220 that was made right here in this building.

That's our red Model T downstairs in 1909.

We have over 65 very rare vehicles here, including one of the only collections of Henry Ford's letter cars.

Those are all the models leading up to the T that you can see anywhere in the world in the place where they were made.

I feel like we've lost a little bit the significance of Milwaukee Junction.

This is exactly where the Motor City got its start, right here because of the railroads.

There was all that innovation and entrepreneurship happening that really set the stage for what Henry Ford was gonna do right here in this building.

It was really the Silicon Valley of its day.

When we think about Detroit and what it means to the rest of the world, I think our contributions are really summed up by places like this that contain our history, our history that really went on to change the world.

The Model T really changed the way we live and drive today.

To have the birthplace of that vehicle here in Detroit preserved by chance and a lot of hard work is really a great gift.