The finished building, erected on the site of Huffman's sawmill, was accompanied by a second facility for the finishing and shipping department. Burke County, in which Drexel is located, was still about one-third untouched forest in 1903 and had not a single mile of decent road. Starting operations on a shoestring budget was typical of this era for the furniture industry of the Piedmont region, which relied on ample supplies of hardwood, water power potential, and low-cost and plentiful labor.

Their initial investment of $14,000 went towards erecting a factory and installing furniture-making machinery within. Both enterprises were operated by Samuel Huffman, who with five Morganton businessmen founded the company. At the time this community consisted of little more than a railroad siding built to accommodate a sawmill and flour mill. was founded in 1903 in Drexel, about five miles east of Morganton, North Carolina.

A subsidiary since 1986 of Masco Corp., the world's largest furniture manufacturer, Drexel Heritage is also a retailer of home furnishing accessories. has been producing furniture for almost a century. SICs: 2511 Wood Household Furniture 2512 Upholstered Wood Household Furniture 2521 Wood Office Furniture 2522 Office Furniture, Except Wood 5023 Home FurnishingsД«ased in the foothills of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, Drexel Heritage Furnishings Inc. Incorporated: 1903 as Drexel Furniture Co.

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