Drexel Furniture Co. was founded in Drexel, North Carolina, in 1903 and was managed by Samuel Huffman, who established the company with five other men.

When the Drexel Furniture factory left town in the late ’90s, it took crucial jobs and community support with it. Discover how the public power Town of Drexel is writing this 100-acre rail site ...

Midcentury Furniture + Grandkid Nostalgia = Modern Trend It first showed up in the 1950s and '60s — think low-slung sofas, ... Courtesy Drexel Heritage hide caption.

Drexel Furniture, a major Burke County employer, was organized in 1903. Furniture makers were drawn by North Carolina’s vast hardwood forests, access to transportation ­– and a ready supply ...

Reduce, reuse, recycle. Drexel University reduced the usage of Myers Hall, saw that some things could be reused and called Drexel Surplus to help them recycle.. Surplus, led by Climate & ...

A local non-profit is giving new life to a former manufacturing site in Burke County. According to the New Herald in Morganton, two of the former Drexel Heritage Furniture plants will become an ...