The Fisher 21 Body Plant was started by Fred and Charles Fisher in 1908. In 1916 the company became a corporation and built bodies for companies such as Abbot, Buick, Cadillac, Chalmers, Chandler, Chevrolet, Churchfield, Elmore, EMF, Ford, Hudson, Krit, Oldsmobile, Packard, Regal, and Studebaker. Fisher bodies soon became the industry standard. In 1919 the Fisher 21 Plant was built in the heart of the Milwaukee Junction south of the East Grand Blvd Freeway. The six story plant was built with reinforced concrete after Albert Kahn’s designs similar to Packard Motors and Ford’s Highland Park Plant. Fisher 21 built car bodies for Buick and Cadillac from1919-1925. After Buick moved to Flint, Fisher 21 continued to produce bodies for Cadillac until 1974. Fisher was dissolved when it merged with other General Motors operations in 1984. The last tenant was Carter Color till the mid 1990’s.
The Fisher 21 plant gleamed in the last of the evening sun as the precarious fire escape creaked in the wind. Low clouds steadily gathered in the distance threatening to deliver rain.
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