Company changes name to the gunn furniture co.
Grand rapids furniture company history.
Grand rapids michigan is one of the most well known places for furniture manufacturing in the united states and is even referred to as furniture city the furniture city is known for manufacturing fine furniture and shipping it worldwide.
Between 1910 and 1917 furniture manufacturers began to exhibit their wares regularly in their factories and in hotels.
A large smokestack is visible at the left.
Grand rapids furniture history.
Charles sligh began working in furniture production in 1862.
Grand rapids furniture gained its worldwide reputation for the quality of furniture at the philadelphia centennial in 1876 which strengthened the local economy and put grand rapids on the map.
Gunn adds a retail furniture department to his hardware business.
Grand rapids michigan successor to gunn folding bed co.
Furniture company 1883 1926.
The youngest son of a war widow and his brother also away at war the responsibility of providing an income to the household and supporting his mother and sisters fell to sligh who started work as an employee at berkey gay then a leading furniture company in grand rapids michigan.
Name changes to kelvinator leonard co.
A trip through time.
No further expositions were held however until 1910.
Some refrigerators are manufactured under the name northern refrigerator co.
Gunn folding bed co.
Grand rapids chair co.
The technological improvements of railroads and the steam engines would transform the grand rapids furniture industry and economy.
The furniture industry of grand rapids had its birth in the system prevailing eighty or more years ago in the smaller towns throughout the country.
Grand rapids fancy furniture company.
Is established and incorporated.
Company purchased by edsko hekman and a group of associates.
They timed their exhibits to coincide with the annual furniture exhibitions in grand rapids and furniture buyers began visiting jamestown on their way to grand rapids.
The pioneer cabinet maker williaim haldane other early workmen history of the development progress by years.
Incorporated the following year.
Brief history and description.
More information about the history and heritage of the furniture industry in grand rapids is also available on the grand rapids public museum website.
Company merges with kelvinator detroit mich.
Made possible through a generous grant by the furniture manufacturers heritage advised fund grand rapids community foundation furniture city history is a sister site to history grand rapids.
Company operates as a subsidiary of sligh lowery but continues to produce furniture under the grand rapids chair name.
