1918 Milburn Electric Car
Carriage House

Few can resist taking a closer look at the 1918 Milburn Electric Coupe, Model 27, now on view in the Carriage House at the Northern Indiana Center for History, 808 West Washington.

As a maker of horse-drawn vehicles, the Milburn Wagon Company was established in Mishawaka, Indiana, in 1848 by George Milburn, father-in-law of Clement Studebaker.  In 1873, the company moved to Toledo, Ohio, where they began to manufacture automobiles.  The company manufactured over 7,000 cars during the eight years the auto was in production.  

Among the more popular of American electric cars, Milburns were used by President Woodrow Wilson's secret service men.