History: Old Hickory’s origins date to the late 19th century, when Billy Richardson began selling hickory chairs and rockers on Saturdays in Martinsville’s town square. Old Hickory Furniture Co. was ...

Rustic furniture made from hickory saplings was an inspiration that came to the Midwest in the 1800s. The straight trees, 2 or 3 inches in diameter, were ideal for use as chair frames and tables. The ...

Anderson-based Hickory Furniture Collective has acquired Old Hickory Furniture Co. in Shelbyville and now claims to be the largest maker of hickory furniture in the world. Financial terms of the ...

Outside the Old Hickory factory in Shelbyville, stacks of Hickory saplings dry in “The Yard.” Although the business has been around since the 19th century, it moved to this building in 1982. Longtime ...

HICKORY, N.C. — An old furniture plant on 24th Street NE in Hickory, N.C. caught on fire around midnight, according to sources. Fire investigators said there was so much damage to the building that ...