daylight factory

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English

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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

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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
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