Edward M. Murphy ran the Oakland Buggy Company in Pontiac, Michigan, and founded Oakland Motor Car on August 28, 1907. General Motors acquired 50% interest in the company on January 20, 1909. Following Murphy's death that September, General Motors took full control of Oakland in 1910.
General Motors continued marketing cars under the Oakland brand name until 1932, when G.M.'s Oakland division was incorporated into Pontiac.
The Oakland was a brand of automobile manufactured between 1907-1909 by the OaklandMotorCar Company of Pontiac, Michigan and between 1909 and 1931 by the OaklandMotors Division of General Motors Corporation.
Oakland’s principle founder was Edward P. Murphy, who sold half the company to GM in January 1909; when Murphy died in the summer of 1909, GM acquired the remaining rights to Oakland.
The end of Oakland was announced in 1931 and the OaklandMotorCar Company was changed to the Pontiac Motor Company by its owner GM.
On Thursday, her good fortune becomes Oakland County's opportunity as the Hewetts officially donate the 1924 Oakland for permanent display in the first-floor lobby of the county courthouse at 1200 N. Telegraph Road in Pontiac.
The car was added to the Hewetts' collection, which included a 1930 Essex Coupe with a rumble seat; a 1937 Cord two-door convertible; a 1934 four-door Cadillac convertible; a 1954 Corvette; a 1957 T-Bird; a 1965 Chevrolet Impala, and a 1978 Cadillac Opera Coupe.
When Oakland County officials dedicated a new wing of the Pontiac courthouse in 1996, the Hewetts, who now live in Rochester Hills, loaned the car to the county to add some history to the first-floor lobby.
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