Delco Building
- Also Known As: Beaver Power Building No 2
- Also Known As: Delco Plant No 1
- Address: 329 E 1st St
- Vicinity: N Patterson Blvd
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1912/00/00 | Schenck and Williams | Architect | The four-story reinforced concrete, Beaver Power Building No 2, is completed in late 1912. The structure features large mushroom columns supporting large, open industrial and office space. | |||
1912/00/00 | Fred Beaver modifies an industrial building he is already constructing on East First Street for a new tenant, Delco. | |||||
1912/00/00 | Charles F Kettering | Office | According to city directories, Charles Kettering has an office at 329 E First Street. Col Edward Deeds is never listed in city directories as having an office in the Delco Building. | |||
1913/00/00 | Delco Electronics Corp | Office | By early 1913, Delco has sold a total of 35,000 starting, lighting and ignition systems. The company's employ 1,500 workers operate out of the basement and two floors of a rented factory building on East First Street. | |||
1913/00/00 | A fifth floor and partial sixth floor are added to the Delco Delco Building. Charles Kettering office moves to the sixth floor. | |||||
1913/04/00 | Charles F Kettering | Work | Charles Kettering borrows a fire engine from the Ahrens-Fox Company of Cincinnati to pump water out of the Delco Building and hose down mud-caked equipment. Delco will return to limited production in less than three weeks. | Great Flood of 1913 | ||
1916/05/11 | Delco Electronics Corp | End | Deeds and Kettering sell Delco to the United Motors Company. Both Deeds and Kettering will stay at their respective positions with Delco after the sale. | |||
1926/00/00 | Charles Kettering works as vice president, then president, of Delco and keeps an office at 329 E First Street through 1926 when the company is known for manufacturing starting, lighting and ignition apparatus for autos, aeroplanes and motor boats. | |||||
1927/00/00 | Delco Electronics Corp | End | Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company has ceased to exist. |
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Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Area of Significance | Industry |
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