The Whaley House Museum preserves the story of Flint during the late-1800s and early-1900s as the city transitioned from a small carriage building town to one of the world's leading industrial centers. Banker Robert Whaley was the first to believe in a little known entreprenuer named William C. Durant in 1886, when he loaned Durant $2,000 as seed money for what would eventually become an automotive empire.
