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It is difficult to imagine, given the 100 years of beautiful
furniture styles created by Bassett, that the first product
produced by the company's founders was a rough-hewn railroad
tie. It was the late 1800s. The Bassett family was operating
a sawmill in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains
that supplied rail ties for the new Norfolk & Western
line that was being built through the family property.
In 1892, the rail line was completed and the family began
looking for new markets for its lumber.
John David “J.D.” Bassett was making a good
living traveling the countryside selling goods for general
stores when he began carrying lumber samples from the
mill. He quickly made his first sale of lumber to a coffin
company in Winston - Salem, N.C. and returned home with
the knowledge that the furniture industry, and its demand
for raw lumber, was gaining a foothold in the region.
Soon he had orders for oak from several furniture companies
in North Carolina. As he learned more about the industry,
he found that the best furniture markets for lumber we
re up north and soon was on his way to showcase his Appalachian
oak.
The Bassett Furniture Company began with about 50 rugged
mountain men and farmers from the hills of the Blue Ridge.
The first styles were made of solid oak and featured
simple profiles with carved details and overlays. Early
furniture designs were purchased from traveling designers
for $100.
The company grew rapidly in the following decades. In
1917, the factory was destroyed by fire yet sales at
the Bassett Furniture Company reached $1 million. The
J.D. Bassett Manufacturing Co. was formed in 1921 with
J.D. Bassett’s son, W.M. “Bill” Bassett,
as president. In 1927, Bill Bassett purchased Craig Furniture
in Martinsville, Va ., and renamed it the W.M. Bassett
Furniture Co. Bill’s brother, Doug, succeeded him
as president of J.D. Bassett Manufacturing .
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