1926-1929 Auburn 8-88 Roadster

The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Facility is nationally significant as one of the few remaining examples of a small independent automobile company. The Art Deco showroom and administration building, service and new parts department building, and the L-29 building, remain as visual reminders of this company’s proud past and achievements in automotive history. Each building represents a different stage in automotive development and construction from the drafting tables of the initial design stages, to the final display on the showroom floor. Additionally, the high level of interior and exterior integrity, coupled with its interpretation of administrative space, showroom, and production facilities, contributes to its national significance.

More than one million people, from all fifty states and sixty foreign countries, have visited the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum since it opened in 1974. The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum and the National Truck and Automotive Museum of the United States continue to interpret the history of the Auburn Automobile complex in Auburn, Indiana. Future plans include continued restoration and preventative maintenance of the nominated resources.