Marathon Village
Marathon Village is a creative community/neighborhood born out of the buildings that once housed Marathon Motor Works (1910-1914). The Marathon Automobile company started in Jackson, Tennessee in 1907. It was the first factory to totally manufacture automobiles in the southern United States and the only one to do so until General Motors made the Saturn in 1990.
Today, the building supports a thriving creative community that is a center for commercial, performing, and visual arts. Designed to preserve the historical and architectural significance of the Marathon history while creating a space to be a diverse destination where artists, performers, designers, business professionals, and inventors co-exist.
We have a first-floor retail experience like no other that includes flagship stores from the History Channels’ American Pickers to legendary whiskey makers, Jack Daniels. In addition to shopping, we have a Marathon Motor Works museum showcasing five of the remaining eight Marathon vehicles located in the original MMW showroom.
