Winston-Salem in Forsyth County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
B.F. Huntley Furniture Co.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, September 27, 2019
1. B.F. Huntley Furniture Co. Marker
Inscription.
B.F. Huntley Furniture Co.. . Benjamin F. Huntley established the B.F. Huntley Furniture Co. and began manufacturing furniture on this site in 1906. A small building on this corner housed the office, and the factory extended north and east. An active Baptist, Mr. Huntley donated eleven acres in 1921 to the N.C. Baptist Hospital, which became the main campus of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He also led the effort to build First Baptist Church on Fifth Street in 1924. At his death fn 1925, he established a trust to benefit Baptist Hospital. In 1954, a major fire damaged most of the factory, but the original office building survived. Thomasville Furniture bought the company in 1961 and continued to build furniture here until 2006.
Benjamin F. Huntley established the B.F. Huntley Furniture Co. and began manufacturing furniture on this site in 1906. A small building on this corner housed the office, and the factory extended north and east. An active Baptist, Mr. Huntley donated eleven acres in 1921 to the N.C. Baptist Hospital, which became the main campus of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He also led the effort to build First Baptist Church on Fifth Street in 1924. At his death fn 1925, he established a trust to benefit Baptist Hospital. In 1954, a major fire damaged most of the factory, but the original office building survived. Thomasville Furniture bought the company in 1961 and continued to build furniture here until 2006.
Location. 36° 6.55′ N, 80° 14.506′ W. Marker is in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in Forsyth County. It is on Patterson Avenue 0.1 miles south of Northwest Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1201 Patterson Avenue, Winston Salem NC 27101, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
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Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, September 27, 2019
2. B.F. Huntley Furniture Co. Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2019, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 4,195 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 27, 2019, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
