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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1937
Page
20
The piece notes Elyria's 30 year association with the Lill Plant later owned by the Bender Company and highlights census data showing rapid 20th century growth. It cites population figures: 3 year old city in 1900 at 8,791, 1910: 14,825, 1920: 20,476, 1930: 25,633, and county totals rising from 54,857 in 1900 to 109,206 in 1930.
A 1907 Elyria auto factory tale traces the Garford Company’s 1905 formation, Columbus Steel tie in, and Studebaker investment. Plans to consolidate operations in Elyria spurred a housing boom as 300+ homes were started for workers, signaling a bright industrial future for the city.
Elyria recalls A. L. Garford as a key industrial builder as the city welcomes the Bender Body Company in the former Falcon Motors plant. The site once covered 18 acres with 456 569 square feet of floor space and private sidings on the New York Central Railroad, aiding nationwide auto shipments. The Willys-Overland era closed the Elyria plant in 1930 and later reorganization formed the Willys Real Estate Realization Corp to sell idle plants, with the last sale in November 1936 to a body company for automobile house trailers.
The Elyria factory expanded from 100,000 to 250,000 square feet by 1912 as Garford built cars for a growing market. In 1908 Ford announced a new plant in Elyria with 1,000 employees and $250,000 in initial investments before becoming part of Willys-Overland. The plant later produced trucks and cars, driving local industry through rapid changes until its 1922 closure and a revival in 1927 with Falcon-Knight.
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