National Historic Landmark-Charles F. Kettering House

National Historic Landmark- Charles Franklin Kettering House

From 1914 until his death, this was the home of Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958), founder of the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) who also headed General Motors research activities.

Kettering made many significant contributions ...

Charles F. Kettering

Charles F. “Boss” Kettering was a prolific inventor. While at National Cash Register, he invented the first electric cash register. Kettering founded the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) in 1909 and developed the electric self-starter for automobiles, first used in ...