daylight factory

English

A building in the daylight factory style in Buffalo, New York. Constructed in 1915 as a Ford assembly plant, but no longer operating as a factory today.

Noun

daylight factory (plural daylight factories)

1. (historical) A factory of a particular architectural style, having a concrete frame and floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing in natural light. [early 20th c.]
   • 1916 March 11, “[advertisement] Those two delicious flavors - M-M-M!”, in Saturday Evening Post‎^[1]:

     Point 5—from a daylight factory