Notes:

Red Numbered Buildings Have Been Demolished

Blue Numbered Buildings Are Not Shown On Map

#30 (1878)       One story building, original use unknown-During 50's and 60's

#30A (1890)     used to house plant protection (police) and fire departments.

#33 (1890) 87,125 Sq. ft.      These four story buildings were originally part of                                                      

#34 (1890) 54,425 Sq. ft.       the wagon manufacturing facility and were built in                                                

#35 (1890) 94,962 Sq. ft.      1890. They were being used for the fabrication of                                                                                                    miscellaneous subassemblies for the body plant.

#47 (1897) 80,728 Sq. ft.      All were four story buildings. 47 & 48 were                                                           

#47A (1922) 10,661 Sq. ft.   originally the harness and saddle manufacturing                                                     

#48 (1893) 84,545 Sq. ft. facility.                                                             

#48A (1922) 257,200 Sq.ft.  truck assembly lines. The third floor produced the convertible bodies.                  The Studebaker Avanti body was built on the third floor with the convertibles and final assembled on the truck line on the first and second floor.

#53 (1905) 131,718 Sq. ft.   (see #58)

#58 (1906) 133,452 Sq. ft.    These structures were also part of the wagon manufacturing facility.  One source lists these buildings as the manufacturing site of the early gas (probably Garford) and electric automobiles. These building housed  the salvage departments.  They were the home of Newman & Altman Studebaker Parts Div.

#62 (1908) 148,909 Sq. ft. This was the Administration building, 4th - Floor Exec. offices, 3rd - Acctg. Dept., 2nd - Sales Dept. & 1st  - car ordering Dept.. Today it is the South Bend school system administration building.

#69 (1913-23) 4 story 162,430 Sq. ft. Built as a dry kiln for processing lumber. Floors 1 & 2 were the body plant engineering and maintenance departments. Third and fourth floors were used for storage.

#70 (1921-27) 65,010 Sq. ft.    Factory Dealership-sold to private parties in 1927-now Studebaker National Museum.

#72 (1917-18 & 1946) 391,358 Sq. ft.    Building held the motor machining and assembly facility. During the early  1950's they were producing 1500 engines a day.

#74 (1917-18 & 1945) 62,045 Sq. ft.     The power house, providing steam and heat to most of the complex. No longer standing

.#78 (1919) 368,100 Sq. ft.          First floor, north side was a store room. South side was the press room die shop.   Second floor, south side, was the frame assembly line. North side housed the plant engineering department.  Third floor housed the tool room.     Fourth floor, north side was the specialty parts manufacturing department. South side was used for storage.

.#79 (1919-22-26) 508,103 Sq. ft.   This building housed the main final assembly line.  East side - First Floor - Finished car repair shop.  Second Floor - Final assembly line.  Third Floor - Gas tank assembly.  Fourth Floor - Wheel and tire mounting area.  West side  -  First Floor - small press room.   Second Floor - front fender assembly.   Third Floor - Hood fabrication and assembly.   Fourth Floor - Black enamel painting area for hood and front end sheetmetal.

#80 (1919-22)   Heavy press room.

#82 (1919-23) 316.168 Sq. ft.    First floor - Doll-up line.    Second floor - Stock for the final line    Third floor - Material storage. Fourth floor - Color enamel painting area for front end sheet metal and hood.

#83 (1919-23) 70,070 Sq. ft.      Railroad boxcar loading dock for finished cars, largely unused, except for storage during the Lark era.

#84 (1923)   This massive structure 6 floors & basement - 524.376 Sq. ft. was the Body and Trim fabrication and assembly building. Built to assemble Special 6 and Big 6 closed bodies at the rate of 75 per DAY it was redesigned in 1928 to produce 60 units per HOUR. Final production rate was 80 units per hour.  Metal stampings entered the first floor where they were fabricated into bodies. These bodies were then shipped to the third floor for metal finishing. They were then taken to the second floor for bonderizing, priming and sanding. Then the primed bodies were taken to the fourth floor for painting.   The fifth floor was used for the installation of glass, hardware and metal trim. The sixth floor is where the interior was manufactured and installed. The bodies rode a single line against the north wall where the trim was installed. The balance of the sixth floor was "cut and sew". As the trim was finished it was installed in the bodies.

#85 (1923) 568,275 Sq. ft.   Foundry - Capable of pouring 400 tons per day..

#86 (1926) 137.790 Sq. ft.   Spring shop & truck Chassis Assembly

#88 (1926) 7,994 Sq. ft.   Clubhouse (West of So. Bend at proving ground.) (not shown)

#89 (1926) 8,713 Sq. ft. Garage-south Located at Providing Grounds (not shown)

#90 (1926) 8,313 Sq. ft. Garage-north Located at Providing Grounds (not shown)

#91 (1924) 536,780 Sq. ft. (Plant #8) Parts & Accessories Distribution Center (not shown) located south of main                                               plant facility.

#92 (1928) 183,336 Sq. ft. Product engineering and design building.   First floor - Engine and chassis dyno room. engine assembly lab and stockroom.   Second floor - Engineering offices, chassis and body drafting departments and prototype body fabrication shop. Currently the home of SASCO ( a Studebaker parts distributor).

#93 (192d') 37,026 Sq. ft.   Screw machines department. At one time Studebaker made their own nuts and bolts in this building. Later it was used to turn out special hardware items such as piston pins etc.

#95 (1928) 18,000 Sq. ft.   Industrial relations department.

#96 (1928) 18,000 Sq. ft.   Built as "Drive-away" (car shipping) building. Used later as the transportation department garage.

#108 (1942) 25,172 Sq. ft.  Avanti doll-up area.

#112 (1945) 29,284 Sq. ft. Body Plant tool room and Receiving dock.

#113 (1946) 53,125 Sq. ft.       First floor - receiving dock and paint lab.  Second floor - Body parts sub-assembly

#142  Enclosed steel receiving dock.

Not shown on the plot plan is the one mile long overhead conveyor. Built in 1953 at a cost of $400,000., it took completed bodies (less front end sheet metal) across the entire plant area to the final assembly line in the #79 building. Before its completion bodies were trucked three at a time across the entire plant.

Plants one and two covered 125 acres.

Plant 8 covered 18.90 acres.

The Proving Grounds covered 800 acres.

In addition to these facilities South Bend was also the home of Plants 3 & 4, the Aviation Plants, located on Chippewa Ave.  Plants 3 & 4 were purchased from the government and used for truck assembly for a short time.