{"id":13381,"date":"2018-09-11T19:04:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T02:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=13381"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:33:49","slug":"hatfield-ford-building-built-1920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/11\/hatfield-ford-building-built-1920\/","title":{"rendered":"Hatfield Ford Building built 1920 on Auto Row"},"content":{"rendered":"
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H<\/span><\/strong>ere is an example of what took place inside of some of the old buildings you see on Auto Row (Capitol Rd, from\u00a0Michigan\u00a0\u00a0t0 16th) here in Indianapolis:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Some information about the Hatfield Ford building 625 N Capitol Ave. Built in 1920, today it is home to Economy Plumbing Supply which moved there in 1984.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A story I was told: Henry Ford supervised the construction of the building in the early 1900\u2019s. It’s built with 3 floors and half of basement. The original design was for 6 floors with\u00a0foundation to support that. There is a ramp from the second floor down to the first, I remember my Dad buying a 1963 Thunderbird and seeing it coming down the ramp.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The first floor was mainly oil and lube racks, the second floor was for service and still has the track all the way around for moving big items like engine blocks. The 3 floor was for paint and body work and yet today has a wash rack with a overhead hoop the rinse the cars off and a paint room with a overhead doors on each end of that room.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can see still the exhaust fans from the outside. There is pictures showing model t\u2019s being serviced on the 2nd floor and one of Roy Rogers out front with a truck and trailer along with Trigger (his Horse) with the workers hanging out the second floor windows.”<\/span><\/p>\n

From\u00a0http:\/\/historicindianapolis.com\/indianapolis-auto-row-part\u2026\/<\/a><\/span>
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\njoe lockhart on June 29, 2017 at 1:08 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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