Built 1929 (1929) VLR # 120-5089 Opened 1929 Added to NRHP 21 May 2010 | NRHP Reference # 10000282 Designated VLR March 18, 2010 Area 1 ha | |
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Location 900 Rives Rd., Martinsville, Virginia Similar Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia Museum of Natural H, Martinsville Speedway | ||
The Martinsville Novelty Corporation Factory is a historic factory complex located at Martinsville, Virginia. The main factory was built in 1929, and is a long, three-story, brick building that was constructed for the purpose of manufacturing small pieces of furniture called “novelty” pieces in the furniture trade. Associated with the main factory are the contributing wood storage area and the kilns where the wood was dried; a long, metal Quonset hut; a railroad spur and trestle; a long concrete-block and frame storage building; and a small, rectangular, brick building that at one time housed a restaurant that served the employees of Martinsville Novelty and W. M. Bassett Furniture factory. The Martinsville Novelty Corporation was the last significant furniture concern established in Martinsville before the Great Depression. The factory closed in 1995.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.