Carroll Six automobile

Charles F. Carroll, the company's founder, was an advertising mogul who had success in an account with Fisk Tires through an agency he operated in nearby Cleveland. He attempted to purchase the Moon Automobile Company of St. Louis, Missouri, following the death of Joseph W. Moon in 1918 but did not succeed. Carroll's earnings from the advertising business financed his car-building venture, and he built automobiles in a factory located in a former brass works on Washington Avenue in Lorain, Ohio.

The Carroll car was first distributed by Lucas and Christensen of Cleveland, according to an October 23, 1920 article in Motor Age magazine.

Actual production figures vary. Approximately 600 cars were built; however, some sources state that the number is about 400 cars, mostly touring sedans. Other sources state 235 or 183 cars. Only one confirmed survivor, a Carroll Green touring sedan, is on display at the William E. Swigart, Jr. Antique Automobile Museum located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. This car was purchased directly from Charles F. Carroll in 1967 and had been his personal car for many years.