Asheboro Hosiery Mills and Cranford Furniture Company Complex

Asheboro Hosiery Mills and Cranford Furniture Company Complex, also known as Cranford Industries and National Chair Company, is a historic textile mill and furniture factory complex located at Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina. The complex includes three brick industrial buildings erected from 1917 through the 1940s and the Cranford Industries Office, constructed in 1925. Also on the property are the contributing Cranford Industries Smokestack built in the 1950s and a lumber shed erected in the late-1950s.[2]

Asheboro Hosiery Mills and Cranford Furniture Company Complex
Location133 & 139 S. Church St., 230 W. Academy Sts., Asheboro, North Carolina
Coordinates35°42′16″N 79°49′00″W
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1917 (1917)-1940
Architectural styleArt Moderne
NRHP reference No.11000891[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 7, 2011

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

References

  1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties:12/05/11 through 12/09/11. National Park Service. 2011-12-16.
  2. Heather Fearnbach (March 2011). "Asheboro Hosiery Mills and Cranford Furniture Company Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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