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Nov 19, 2015 · Open every day except Christmas Day and New Years Day. Monday - Friday 12-5PM Saturday & Sunday 1-5PM. 420 S. Ludlow St. Dayton, Ohio 45402. Phone: 937-226-1710. warehouse fire Dayton America's Packard Museum Harrison Township Packard ohio. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, the America’s Packard Museum sustained a devastating fire in its warehouse.
Nov 18, 2015 · Hemmings reached out to America’s Packard Museum, but museum representatives were unable to comment until they have finished working with the fire marshal. They promised to update us once more details were available. UPDATE (19.November 2015): Investigation into the origins and extent of the fire is still ongoing, but it appears some vehicles ...
Packard cars destroyed in Harrison Twp. fire. November 18, 2015 at 4:09 pm EST. A fire that destroyed several “irreplaceable” cars and artifacts of America’s Packard Museum is potentially ...
The museum’s neighborhood has been named Dayton’s Motorcar District. America’s Packard Museum is an Affiliate Organization of The Packard Club. 420 S Ludlow St Dayton, Ohio 45402 P: 937-226-1710 Email: info@americaspackardmuseum.org . America’s Packard Museum Admission: Adults $15 Seniors 65+ $10 Students $2 w/ID Plan: 1-2 hr
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1918 Model E Army truck: This represents Packard’s sizable contribution to the U.S. war effort in World War I. Packard made trucks from 1905 to 1923; in 1915, Packard made more trucks than cars, supplying many to Allied armies before the United States entered the war. The U.S. Army bought more than 10,000 Packard trucks.
The largest artifact at America’s Packard Museum is the building itself. The Citizen's Motorcar Company was founded in Cincinnati in 1906. In 1917, it opened a location at 420 South Ludlow Street in Dayton, in a building designed by Dayton architect Albert Pretzinger in the style of Albert Kahn. The building cost $80,000 and was built to be ...