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A. Darrell Harris founded Furnitureland South with his wife Stella on South Main Street in High Point, North Carolina in 1969, offering a small selection of market samples. [2] [3] Over the next two decades, the small operation grew in size, profits and prestige; in 1986, the original store had $18 million in annual sales.
The original store on U.S. Route 501 at one point had 6 million shoppers and in 1983 was named "the state’s most outstanding commercial attraction." [2]Expansion beyond its original location, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, began in 1982, when the company opened a Burlington, North Carolina location.
Whitley Furniture Galleries (abbreviated as Whitley Galleries) was a former furniture retailer located in Zebulon, North Carolina. While operational, the galleries were advertised as " Wake County 's largest furniture store", and had the largest furniture stock in the Research Triangle until closing in 2022.
High Point is the only city in North Carolina that exists within four counties: Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford and Randolph. [18] It also stands within two major watersheds: the Yadkin–Pee Dee to the west and the Cape Fear to the east. Parts of the city rise above 1,000 feet (300 m), making it among the highest cities in North Carolina's Piedmont.
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.
White Furniture Company, was a major American producer of hand-crafted fine furniture for over a century (1881–1993). Founded by the White Brothers of Mebane, North Carolina , the factory notably produced furnishings for the US government and the Grove Park Inn .
Northwoods Mall is a 101-store super-regional 833,833-square-foot (77,465.6 m 2) indoor shopping mall located in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is the second largest indoor shopping mall in the Tri-County area next to Citadel Mall.
Located near the State Capitol and St. Augustine's Chapel, during the 19th century Historic Oakwood was home to prominent members of Raleigh's society. It is North Carolina's largest, intact 19th Century residential neighborhood [2] and Raleigh's earliest white middle-class suburb. Unlike later suburbs, it developed lot-by-lot over time ...