Demolition Has Began On Old Bassett Furniture Plant

Posted by MCC on August 27th, 2009 at 11:45pm

Several years after the plant has shut down, an old Bassett Furniture Company is finally being demolished. Demolition of the three story building began last Monday and is expected to take around 30 days. The plant located on Fairystone Park Highway sits on the site of the company’s original factory in 1902. The original plant had burnt long ago.

The plant was shut down as a factory in 1990 and had been used as a company warehouse up until 2002 or 2003. Dismantling the building actually began about seven years ago and two contractors have already salvaged materials from the plant.

The building consisted of white, red and chestnut oak, heart of pine and bricks from the 1920’s. All of the usable wood that was in the building was already removed before the final demolition began. MBH Enterprises of Rural Hall, North Carolina was contracted for the demolition.

MBH specializes in the demolition of concrete structures and will remove the foundation concrete, the foundations for the boilerhouse and smokestacks, the reservoirs and two smaller buildings that are adjacent to the plant. The contractor will also recycle any metal that is remaining in the structure.

The company is looking into uses for the stone and said they weren’t aware of any thing from the building that will be going into landfills. Owners of Bassett Funeral Service nearby were alerted about the possible dust and noise from the demolition and have volunteered to help maintain the property when the land is planted in grass after demolition.

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