Elwood Haynes Museum
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The Elwood Haynes Museum is a museum in the former mansion Elwood Haynes
, an inventor who is credited with being the first to produce cars commercially in 1894. He also invented stainless steel
and stellite
. He became a millionaire in 1916 and purchased the mansion located on Webster Street in Kokomo, Indiana
in the same year.
The mansion was sold by March Haynes to General Motors
who used the building as a residence for traveling executives for several years. GM sold the building in 1965 and it was purchased by Bernice Haynes who donated it to the city of Kokomo. Since 1967 it has been open to the public and the museum curators have collected many of Haynes original inventions to display in the building. The museum features exhibits on the life of Haynes and is open the public who can tour the building. His private laboratory is located across the street but is currently a private residence and cannot be toured.
Elwood Haynes
Elwood P. Haynes was an American inventor, metallurgist, automotive pioneer, entrepreneur and industrialist. He invented the metal alloys stellite and martensitic stainless steel and designed one of the earliest automobiles made in the United States...
, an inventor who is credited with being the first to produce cars commercially in 1894. He also invented stainless steel
Stainless steel
In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French "inoxydable", is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 or 11% chromium content by mass....
and stellite
Stellite
Stellite alloy is a range of cobalt-chromium alloys designed for wear resistance. It may also contain tungsten or molybdenum and a small but important amount of carbon...
. He became a millionaire in 1916 and purchased the mansion located on Webster Street in Kokomo, Indiana
Kokomo, Indiana
Kokomo is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Indiana, United States, Indiana's 13th largest city. It is the principal city of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Howard and Tipton counties....
in the same year.
The mansion was sold by March Haynes to General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
who used the building as a residence for traveling executives for several years. GM sold the building in 1965 and it was purchased by Bernice Haynes who donated it to the city of Kokomo. Since 1967 it has been open to the public and the museum curators have collected many of Haynes original inventions to display in the building. The museum features exhibits on the life of Haynes and is open the public who can tour the building. His private laboratory is located across the street but is currently a private residence and cannot be toured.