In 1886, William Crapo “Billy” Durant and business partner Josiah Dallas Dort leased this building along the Flint River to form the Flint Road Cart Company. Eventually, it became the Durant-Dort Carriage Factory and one of the largest carriage builders in the world.
In the early 1900s, Durant would take control of the Buick Motor Co., and using the Durant-Dort resources he grew the company into one of the most successful auto manufacturers in the country. Durant used Buick’s success to build General Motors in 1908 and as they say “the rest is history”
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