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Furnitureland South in Jamestown, North Carolina is the largest retail furniture store in the United States [1] with 1.3 million square feet and $180 million in sales as of 2004.
Oakwood Historic District is a national historic district located in High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 28 contributing buildings in a residential section of High Point developed between 1902 and 1927. They include notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style ...
Oakwood Historic District is a national historic district located at Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It includes work designed by architects Wheeler & Stearn . It encompasses 50 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site (Oakwood Cemetery), and 1 contributing structure in an upscale residential section of Hickory.
[3] Name on the Register [4] Image Date listed [5] Location City or town Description 1: Abraham Anthony Farm: Abraham Anthony Farm: May 10, 1990 (West side of SR 1008, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the junction with SR 2021
The furniture industry in Hickory is not as strong as in previous decades, but is still a primary component in the area economy. HSM (company) (formerly Hickory Springs, founded 1944) is a leading manufacturer of mattress coils. It is estimated 60% of the nation's furniture used to be produced within a 200-mile (320 km) radius of Hickory.
The furniture was slightly styled and inexpensive, but lost its regional characteristics. Some local artisans still maintained a unique and high quality wooden product. High Point became known as the "Furniture Capital of the World" in the 1980s during the golden era of North Carolina furniture manufacturing. [30]
Lambeth Furniture began in 1901 and was sold to Knox Furniture in 1928 and Thomasville Chair in 1932. [1] B.F. Huntley Furniture began in 1906 on Patterson Avenue in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and grew into the largest bedroom and dining room furniture manufacturer in the country. Its Winston-Salem plant burned in 1956, though a two-story ...
The mall opened August 1978, as the second mall in Hickory, the first being Catawba Mall (was Catawba Furniture Mall. Now a U-Haul storage and rental store). Its two anchors at the time were Belk and Sears. A 1988 expansion relocated J. C. Penney from Catawba Mall to Valley Hills Mall. A food court was located near Sears on the lower level.