Nash Motors factory building exterior

Creator

Nash Motors Company

Date

• May 26, 1952

Summary

• Looking east on 52nd Street across Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Electric Railroad tracks, a view of Building 45 (Service and Export) of Nash Motors main automobile manufacturing plant, during construction. Shows construction of second story overpass connecting it to existing Building 20 (Assembly). Shaw, Metz, and Dolio, Architects Engineers, and Permanent Construction, Contractors. Dated May 26, 1952. Company photo no. 552170.
• In 1916, Charles Nash opened Nash Motors Company, which became known for its Quad trucks. It was one of many Kenosha automobile producers. Decades later, Charles Nash handpicked George Mason, Kelvinator Corporation president, as his successor. Nash Motors Company, Inc. and the Kelvinator Corporation merged in 1937. Nash saw the merger as a means of pulling Mason into the company. In the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation Charles Nash became chairman, George Mason became president, and the headquarters moved to Detroit, Michigan. Automobiles and home appliances were produced by this corporation until 1954.