Record #:

10907

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

James Broyhill started his furniture business in a blacksmith shop in Lenoir in 1926. From there he went on to establish and build a furniture manufacturing industry that now ranks among the world's largest.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 27 Issue 10, Oct 1969, p17-19, 37, il

Subject(s):

Furniture industry and trade--Lenoir--History; Broyhill, James Edgar, 1892-1988; Businessmen--Lenoir