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Note: 1920 in lucas co ohio toledo living with his mom and is a machinist at an auto factory 1910: John North Willys starts constructing what will become Jeep Parkway, including a building currently housing the press shop. 1912: Willys-Overland Motor Co. ranks as the second-largest automaker behind Ford Motor Co. and has 15,000 employees by 1915, making it Toledo’s largest employer. 1928: Jeep Parkway reaches an employment peak of 23,000 people, who work in a 7 million-square-foot facility that includes more than 90 buildings and covers 119 acres. Jeep Parkway’s construction started in 1910 after John North Willys started expanding the Pope Motor Car Co. plant he bought the year before. The only remaining Pope Motor building, built about 1885 by Jewel Sewing Machine Co. on Central Avenue, was sold around the 1940s. During World War II, the plant not only made Jeeps but trailers, 155mm shells, aircraft parts, rockets, and other military equipment. Jeep House Museum, opened at the plant in 1984, preserved Parkway’s history through photographs, vehicles, and other collections, but the building was part of what was demolished a few years ago. About half of the museum’s contents were on loan and returned to owners, while the rest was saved by Chrysler.
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