The facility opened in 1966 as a factory for spark plug company Champion.

It was closed by Cooper Industries in 1990 shortly after their acquisition of Champion.

[1] In 1995, Chrysler purchased the facility to be a low-volume specialty assembly plant.

[3] On July 12, 2017, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced that due to the Viper's discontinuation, the plant would be shut down permanently on August 31.

[1] However, in 2018 FCA announced that the plant will be renamed the "Conner Center" and will serve as "an internal meeting and display space that will showcase the Company’s concept and historic vehicle collection," some of which was formerly hosted at the closed Walter P. Chrysler Museum.