In its heyday, the original Drexel Furniture factory employed hundreds of people. Most were from the North Carolina public power Town of Drexel. They manufactured furniture for folks in homes and ...

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — A new state historical marker will soon honor the Drexel Furniture Company in Burke County. The marker will be dedicated Friday afternoon at the company’s former site in Drexel.

CONOVER, N.C. – Vanguard Furniture has acquired a former Drexel Furniture manufacturing plant in Morganton, N.C. Known locally as Drexel Plant #60, the 163,000-square-foot factory will be restored, ...

For more than a century, Burke County workers toiling at furniture factories, textile and hosiery mills helped power Western North Carolina’s economy. With those industries now in decline, their ...

High Point, NC -- Furniture Brands International is blending its three high-end companies, Henredon Furniture, Drexel Heritage Furniture and Maitland-Smith, into one division that will be based in ...