Piedmont Wagon Company Explained

Piedmont Wagon Company
Location:	Main Ave. NW, Hickory, North Carolina
Coordinates:	35.7322°N -81.3547°W
Added:	March 15, 1985
Refnum:	85000592

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,^[1] it became "one of the most conspicuous examples of New South prosperity in North Carolina" during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.^[2] One of the company's remaining buildings, constructed in 1889, is a -story L-shaped brick structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[3] In 2015, the building was restored and repurposed as office space.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

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