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Marmon Motor Car Company

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American automobile manufacturer

Marmon Motor Car Company was an American luxury automobile manufacturer founded by Howard Carpenter Marmon and owned by Nordyke Marmon & Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., and active from 1902 to 1933. It was established in 1902 but not incorporated as the successor of Nordyke Marmon & Company until 1926. In 1933 it was succeeded by Marmon-Herrington, and in 1964 the Marmon brand name was sold to the Marmon Motor Company of Denton, Texas.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1902Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersIndianapolis1

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Marmon Motor Car Company was an American luxury automobile manufacturer founded by Howard Carpenter Marmon and owned by Nordyke Marmon & Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., and active from 1902 to 1933.2

Products and brands

  • car

Listed on Wikidata.1

The original Nordyke & Marmon Plant 1 was at the southwest corner of Kentucky Avenue and West Morris Street. Plant 2 was at the southwest corner of Drover and West York Street. Plant 3 was a five-story structure measuring 80 x 600 feet parallel to Morris Street (now Eli Lilly & Company Building 314). The Marmon assembly plant was built adjacent to the Morris Street property line with Plant 3 behind and parallel to it (also part of the Eli Lilly complex).

From Wikipedia’s article on Marmon Motor Car Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Marmon-Herrington1

Timeline

  1. 1933Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1902Founded Founded1

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