Martinsville Novelty Corporation Factory

Martinsville Novelty Corporation Factory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Location	900 Rives Rd., Martinsville, Virginia
Coordinates
Area	3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built	1929 (1929)
NRHP Reference #	10000282
VLR #	120-5089
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 21, 2010
Designated VLR	March 18, 2010

The Martinsville Novelty Corporation Factory is a historic factory complex located at Martinsville, Virginia. The main factory was built in 1929, and is a long, three-story, brick building that was constructed for the purpose of manufacturing small pieces of furniture called “novelty” pieces in the furniture trade. Associated with the main factory are the contributing wood storage area and the kilns where the wood was dried; a long, metal Quonset hut; a railroad spur and trestle; a long concrete-block and frame storage building; and a small, rectangular, brick building that at one time housed a restaurant that served the employees of Martinsville Novelty and W. M. Bassett Furniture factory. The Martinsville Novelty Corporation was the last significant furniture concern established in Martinsville before the Great Depression. The factory closed in 1995.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.