Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Gray Brothers Furniture Company

Built 1946

— Wilkesboro Historic Preservation Commission —

Gray Brothers Furniture Company Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 29, 2022

1. Gray Brothers Furniture Company Marker

Inscription.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1946.

Location. 36° 8.876′ N, 81° 9.184′ W. Marker is in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in Wilkes County. It is on West Main Street (State Highway 18/268) east of South West Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 125 W Main St, Wilkesboro NC 28697, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Wilkes County Frescoes (within shouting distance of this marker);

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The Wilkesboro Quilt Block Sundial (within shouting distance of this marker); Prevette-Lenderman House (within shouting distance of this marker); Former Federal Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Bank of Wilkes (within shouting distance of this marker); Hubbard's (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Stoneman's Raid (about 400 feet away); Old Wilkes County Courthouse (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilkesboro.

Regarding Gray Brothers Furniture Company. Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District, of which the Gray Brothers building is a contributing building:

This large two-story brick building (four stories in rear when the land slopes downward) was originally, and until 2004, the store of Gray Brothers Furniture Company, a prominent home goods business in Wilkes County. It is now an antiques mall. The four-bay-wide building has a corbelled cornice, metal tilt windows (partly covered on either side by added shutters), and added ironwork balconies. The façade’s first story has been remodeled in recent
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 29, 2022

2. Gray Brothers Furniture Company Marker
years with Colonial Revival-style shop windows with pediments and a recessed entrance. The interior retains pressed metal ceilings and a mezzanine balcony around three sides.

Former Gray Brothers Furniture Company Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 29, 2022

3. Former Gray Brothers Furniture Company Building

Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 15, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 502 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 15, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.