Marathon Motor Works

1200--1310 and 1305 Clinton St., Nashville, Tennessee. County/parish: Davidson.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 04, 1996. NRIS 95001482.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Marathon Village
  • Nashville Cotton Mills
  • Phoenix Cotton Mills

From Wikipedia:

Marathon Motor Works

Marathon Motor Works was a brass era automobile manufacturer based in Tennessee. Southern Engine and Boiler Works founded in 1889, which made industrial engines and boilers in Jackson, Tennessee, established the factory in 1907. From 1909 to 1914, the company manufactured the Marathon automobile in Nashville, Tennessee.

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