Martinsville

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When the Martinsville tobacco market was established, farmers no longer had to travel to Danville or Lynchburg to sell their tobacco; it would be sold, manufactured and shipped directly from Martinsville. When tobacco companies began consolidating into large corporations in the early 1900s, J.D. Bassett established the Bassett Furniture Company and Ancil Witten, formerly of the Rucker-Witten Tobacco Company came together with Charles Keesee to establish American Furniture Company of Martinsville. As other furniture manufacturers joined in, the downtown began expanding. Textile manufacturing began moving to Martinsville in 1925. Today, in the revitalizing Uptown Martinsville, you can see the vestiges of both industries. Click here for local map.

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