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Drexel Furniture Company

Drexel Furniture Company is a North Carolina historical marker in Drexel, Burke County, dedicated 2025.

Main St. (NC 114) and Oakland Ave., Drexel · location approximate

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Originated here in 1903. Global leader among N.C. furniture makers. It was a model for marketing and local production.

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Historical maps covering this location

1847 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1905 · Morganton, North Carolina (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1927 · N. & S. Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Gen. map VII, 1895, covering the location of Drexel Furniture Company, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Gen. map VII, 1895, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Drexel Furniture Company

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