Record #:

42910

Author(s):

Ausbon, Michael

Abstract:

Vast forests in North Carolina's Piedmont region and cheap labor helped to bring America's furniture industry to North Carolina from the Northwest. the state's furniture industry developed within a 150 mile radius of High Point. This distinction earned High Point its nickname as "Furniture Capitol of the World".

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 60 Issue 2, Spring 2021, p10-13

Subject(s):

Furniture industry and trade; Furniture industry--History; Furniture industry--High Point

Record #:

44596

Author(s):

Ausbon, Michael A.

Abstract:

By the 1890s, North Carolina had lured a significant furniture manufacturing industry and became known as the Furniture Capitol of the World. This was all the in Piedmont region of North Carolina within a 150 mile radius of High Point.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 65 Issue 1, Fall 2025, p18-20, il

Subject(s):

Furniture industry and trade--North Carolina--History