Market Square, industrial building in High Point, North Carolina
Market Square is a large complex of historic brick buildings in High Point featuring Renaissance Revival architecture with prominent arched windows and doorways. The site spans several acres and contains showrooms, offices, event spaces, and dining areas that serve the furniture industry and visitors today.
The complex was built starting in 1902 as a furniture factory and expanded over decades to reflect the city's importance in furniture manufacturing. In the 1980s it was converted to provide showroom space for furniture companies, and a major expansion in 1990 created tall modern sections that helped establish it as a center for national furniture markets.
The square takes its name from its origins as a trading center and continues to serve as a gathering place for the furniture industry. Visitors can experience how the historic industrial spaces now host modern business activities while maintaining their connection to High Point's heritage.
The complex is easy to walk through, with clear pathways connecting the different buildings and large open areas for exploring. Restaurants and seating areas are scattered throughout, making it convenient to rest between visits to showrooms and displays.
The factory once housed furniture makers working into late hours within its industrial spaces, and stories of this era remain part of the site's character. The building layout still reflects how workers moved through the spaces, offering visitors a tangible sense of the human effort that built the city's furniture industry.
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