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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1897/00/00 Wright Cycle Company Shop The Wright Brothers move their bicycle business, Wright Cycle Co, and their printing operations, Wright and Wright, to 1127 West Third Street in Dayton, Ohio. The Wright companies will occupy the premises until 1916.
1904/12/00 Wilbur Wright Inventor Over the winter of 1904-1905, the Wright brothers construct a new aircraft, the WRIGHT FLYER III. Wright Flyer III (plane)
1905/02/00 Orville Wright Inventor The Wright brothers construct the WRIGHT FLYER III of spruce. The aircraft is equipped with the engine and other hardware from the scrapped FLYER II. Wright Flyer III (plane)
1936/07/03 Henry Ford Life Henry Ford buys the 1125-1127 building with plans to move it to his historic Greenfield Village at Dearborn where it will be restored to its original state and preserved to posterity as it was at the time the Wright brothers first occupied it.
1936/10/27 Orville Wright Life After Henry Ford buys the Wrights' home and cycle shop, Orville Wright helps him locate original family furnishings, books and equipment to outfit the buildings.

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