Ford Valve Plant

The Ford Valve Plant is a factory building located at 235 East Main Street in Northville, Michigan.

The plant was built as part of Henry Ford's vision of decentralizing manufacturing and integrating it into rural communities.

[5] Over the span of the 1920s and 1930s, Ford established over thirty more Village Industries factories, making everything from copper welding rods to lamp assemblies to wheels.

[2] The lot contained an old gristmill which was reconfigured into a valve manufacturing facility by moving machinery in from the Fordson and Highland Park plants.

[2] The building reflects the then-current industrial architecture, as well as hints of Art Deco in the brickwork and entryway styling[7] but still incorporated a water wheel.