Marathon Motor Works - Nashville, TN
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jiggs11
N 36° 09.855 W 086° 47.791
16S E 518301 N 4002185
Former home of the Nashville and Phoenix Cotton Mills, and most recently, the Marathon Motor Works.
Waymark Code: WMTER7
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2016
Views: 10
The building was built in 1881 for the Nashville Cotton Mills, which conducted business until 1894. The Phoenix Cotton Mills inhabited the building until 1915 when Marathon Motor Works bought the building.
Marathon Motor Works was an early motor car factory that grew out of the former Southern Engine and Boiler Works. The company began in Jackson, TN then moved to this area in 1910.
Southern began assembling their own brand of motor cars in 1907, but due to a naming conflict with another company, renamed itself Marathon Motor Works in 1910. The company continued its auto production until 1914. It continued with a parts counter before ceasing all business in 1918.
The building is on the National Register of Historic Places (95001482).
Part of the building is currently being used by the Antique Archaeologists, subject of the popular History Channel program American Pickers.
Street address:
1300 Clinton Street
Nashville, TN USA
37203
County / Borough / Parish: Davidson County
Year listed: 1996
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Industry
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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