Nash Motors factory building

Creator

Nash Motors Company

Date

• May 23, 1952

Summary

• A view looking southwest from west side of Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Electric Railroad tracks of Nash Motors Building 44 during steel frame construction. Vern E. Alden, Architects Engineers, and Permanent Construction, Contractors. Dated May 23, 1952. Company photo no. 552168.
• 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.