Piedmont Wagon Company
Piedmont Wagon Company Building, September 2012
Piedmont Wagon Company is located in North Carolina
Piedmont Wagon Company
Piedmont Wagon Company is located in the United States
Piedmont Wagon Company
LocationMain Ave. NW, Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates35°43′56″N 81°21′17″W / 35.73222°N 81.35472°W / 35.73222; -81.35472
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1889 (1889)
MPSHickory MRA
NRHP reference No.85000592[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 1985

Piedmont Wagon Company was a horse-drawn wagon works company in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. Founded by George G. Bonniwell and A. L. (Andy) Ramseur in 1878,[2] it became "one of the most conspicuous examples of New South prosperity in North Carolina" during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[3] One of the company's remaining buildings, constructed in 1889, is a 2+1⁄2-story L-shaped brick structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[4][1] In 2015, the building was restored and repurposed as office space.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Piedmont Wagon Company | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  3. ^ Freeze, Gary (1995). The Catawbans: Crafters of a North Carolina County. Newton, North Carolina: Catawba County Historical Association. pp. 265–282.
  4. ^ Laura A. W. Phillips and Michael Hill (June 1983). "Piedmont Wagon Company" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  5. ^ Canrobert, Mary. "Piedmont Wagon building begins new life". charlotteobserver. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  6. ^ "CornerStone United - About Us". www.cornerstoneunited.com. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  7. ^ KLUTTZ, SUSAN. "Susan Kluttz column: Importance of Historic Tax Credits to Hickory". HDR | Hickory Daily Record. Retrieved 2019-06-21.


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