High Point, North Carolina For other places titled High Point, see High Point .
High Point, North Carolina Official seal of High Point, North Carolina Nickname(s): Furniture and Hosiery Capital of the World, The Point, HP, The Pocket, City of the Future, Hype Point, North Carolina's International City High Point is a town/city located in the Piedmont Triad region of the State of North Carolina.
As of the 2010 census the town/city had a total populace of 104,371, with an estimated populace of 108,629 in 2014. High Point is presently the ninth-largest municipality in North Carolina.
High Point is known for its furniture, textiles, and bus manufacturing.
The city's official slogan is "North Carolina's International City" due to the semi-annual High Point Furniture Market that attracts 100,000 exhibitors and buyers from around the world.
It is home to three universities: High Point University, a private Methodist-affiliated institution established in 1924, and South University as well as John Wesley University, a private interdenominational Christian university.
High Point is North Carolina's only town/city that extends into four counties.
5.3 High Point Market and home furnishing goods Queen Anne Ecker House of 1908 in High Point High Point was positioned at the highest point of the 1856 North Carolina Railroad between Charlotte and Goldsboro where it intersected the 1852 Great Western Plank Road.
Settled before 1750, High Point was incorporated in 1859.
The first of many High Point furniture factories was opened in 1889. Established in 1924, High Point University is a liberal arts institution with approximately 4,400 undergraduate and graduate students from 51 countries and 46 states.
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High Point is the only town/city in North Carolina that exists inside four counties: Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford and Randolph. It also stands inside two primary watersheds: the Yadkin Pee Dee to the west and the Cape Fear to the east.
High Point is positioned at 35 58 14 N 79 59 51 W. It is bordered by the town/city of Greensboro to the north, Jamestown to the northeast, and Archdale to the southeast.
The town/city limits of Trinity and Thomasville come inside half a mile of the High Point town/city limits to the south and southwest, in the order given.
Daytime highs average near 50 F (10 C) in the winter, with the coldest stretch between late December through early February with highs averaging in the upper 40s.
High Point was one of a several communities impacted by a 2010 tornado outbreak.
In 1989, High Point sustained minor wind damage from Hurricane Hugo as it raced through the Piedmont region of North Carolina after making landfall 5 hours away in Charleston, South Carolina.
Climate data for High Point, North Carolina Once synonymous with furniture, hosiery, and Hatteras Yachts, High Point has diversified its economy as a center for distribution and logistics, customer service, banking, manufacturing, photography and pharmaceuticals.
The High Point Market remains a centerpiece to High Point's economy and the city's most recognized industry.
High Point was an early center for the evolution of the furniture trade in the South. Functional furniture had been produced on a small scale since the 17th century by artisans of English lineage who had settled in North Carolina. As the farming landscape of the South began to change with the end of the Civil War and slavery, inexpensive labor became available amid the Reconstruction Era.
The North Carolina furniture trade gained momentum in the late 19th century, and developers were thriving to High Point for its location, transportation, and inexpensive labor.
The town/city was situated ideally in the center of the Piedmont region with access to vast hardwood forests in the central and parts of the state. High Point, positioned at the junction of the barns and a chief state road, was an ideal centralized shipping point for the southern market.
An agricultural depression of the 1890s drove farm workers from the countryside to developing suburbs like High Point looking for industrialized jobs. The first furniture company, the High Point Furniture Manufacturing Company, was formed in 1889.
Subsequently, from 1890-1900, 38 new furniture factories opened in the state, with 13 of those in High Point. The Southern Railway line was formed in 1894, and High Point was shipping eight fully loaded freight cars of furniture each day by 1898.
By the turn of the century, High Point had turn into the dominant furniture center in the South, with over 40 furniture companies positioned inside the town/city and the encircling area. Meanwhile, other manufacturers set up small-town factories to furnish related products like veneers, plate glass, mirrors, paint, and locks to furniture companies.
An innovative High Point company, Tomlinson Chair Co., devised incentives to give its workforce an opportunity to receive part of the profits.
This situation improved at the turn of the century with the mass marketing and revenue of North Carolina furniture from the catalogues of Sears Roebuck and Co. At the same time, competitors in large metros/cities like New York and Chicago held a nationwide exposition twice a year to display the manufacturers' products and to take orders from furniture dealers and buyers. Recognizing the need for a more convenient southern location, High Point furniture manufacturers began planning for an exposition to display and sell their product to the public.
The first North Carolina furniture exposition was held in High Point in 1905. In 1921, a brand new Southern Furniture Exhibition Building was assembled with ten stories and 249,000 square feet (23,100 m2) at a cost of $2 million.
The event that became known as the High Point Furniture Market was attended by 700 buyers and generated $2.25 million in sales. High Point had overtaken Chicago as the site of the nation's most meaningful semi-annual furniture show. Gradually the High Point Furniture Market, held in April and October, has grown into an internationally famous furniture trade fair for all home furnishings. High Point continues to be the prime locale in the United States to purchase brand-name furniture at a substantial discount. The furniture trade and developing textile manufacturing set the pace for two 20th century expansion booms in High Point. Over the decade of the 1920s, the populace interval from 14,302 to 36,745 as $20 million of building permits were issued and $26 million was spent on town/city improvements.
Meanwhile, the High Point Market continued to set furniture trends and to be a nationwide economic indicator; the $5 billion in revenue in 1947 after World War II forecast a postwar boom. The 1950s' expansion of the furniture market mirrored that of High Point's second populace boom from 39,973 in 1950 to 62,063 in 1960. By 1959, North Carolina had turn into the state employing the most number of citizens in the furniture industry, beating out New York.
In 1961, The State periodical declared that "High Point, in Guilford County, is the world's dominant manufacturing center of wood furniture.
It is also the locale of one of the nation's principal furniture markets." Four global furniture shows were being hosted by High Point at that time, including the High Point Market (still known then as the Southern Furniture Exposition), which The State reported was drawing crowds of five to six thousand buyers. Throughout the end of the 20th century, North Carolina continued to lead the country in the manufacturing of both upholstered and wooden homehold furniture.
High Point became known as the "Furniture Capital of the World" in the 1980s amid the golden era of North Carolina furniture manufacturing. The High Point Museum showcases an exhibit, "High Point's Furniture Heritage", which examines the historical relationship between the furniture trade and the citizens of High Point.
The effects of the furniture trade on the expansion and prosperity of High Point is outlined.
The exhibition's website links to a list of furniture companies documented to have directed in High Point and the encircling area since the late 1880s. The Bienenstock Furniture Library positioned in downtown High Point is the biggest furniture specialty library in the world and contains over 4,000 furniture and design-specific volumes. High Point Market and home furnishing goods The High Point Market has been noted for being a momentous part of the region's larger furniture "cluster", which was discussed most recently by sociologist Richard Florida and initially by economist Michael Porter. The Market and its effects on the town/city have also been the focus of an extensive case study by urban sociologist John Joe Schlichtman. In this research, High Point's ability to capture the global furniture merchandising market is said to signal a new era in what is possible for small cities. Along these lines, Schlichtman terms High Point a "Niche City", which is "a town/city that forges global centrality by creating an economic specialization in a specific segment of the global service economy." In 2005, High Point adopted "North Carolina's International City" as its official slogan, emphasizing the part of global company and especially the High Point Market (formerly called the International Home Furnishings Market), the biggest furnishings trade trade fair in the world.
Since 2005, the High Point Market has been receiving increasing competition from the huge World Market Center universal in Las Vegas, which, if fully assembled as stated to its multi-stage plan, is slated to exceed the High Point Market in square footage.
In February 2011, speculation advanced that Las Vegas World Market Center interests were positioning to purchase a controlling stake in the High Point Market.
According to High Point's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 2 High Point Regional Health System 2,036 4 City of High Point 1,289 7 High Point University 1,100 Amtrak's Crescent, Carolinian and Piedmont trains connect High Point with the metros/cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans.
The recently refurbished historic High Point Amtrak station is situated at 100 West High Street.
Interstate 85 runs through southern High Point, southeast of the initial interstate roadway, which is now designated Business 85.
The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) operates in High Point.
Highways passing through High Point include: High Point University, Roberts Hall Private schools for kids were established in and around High Point as early as the early nineteenth century by Quakers.
The school relocated to High Point in 1891 on territory east of town on Washington Street.
The institution was titled the High Point Normal and Industrial School (later William Penn High School), and was administered by the Quakers until 1897.
The High Point enhance school fitness was established in 1897 with the approval of a $10,000 bond, in part to finance the purchase of J.
This building spree culminated in 1927 with the opening of High Point High School.
Among the many high styled school complexes in the state, several surpass High Point's grand 1927 high school.
In 1962, High Point High School's name was modified to High Point Central High School when an additional high school, T.
Several private and autonomous schools are found in High Point, including High Point Christian Academy (Baptist), High Point Friends School (Quaker), Immaculate Heart of Mary (Catholic), Wesleyan Christian Academy (Wesleyan), and Westchester Country Day School (nonsectarian), and Phoenix Academy, a charter school.
In 1921, the Chamber of Commerce made the establishment of a college in High Point a high before ity and initiated a High Point College campaign.
High Point succeeded in attracting the college over rivals Greensboro and Burlington with t of 60 acres (24 ha) and $100,000 in pledges from dominant citizens.
High Point College opened in 1924 (changed to High Point University in 1991) with three buildings at various stages of development.
The architectural design of the High Point College ground was in keeping with traditional and historical architectural initiatives found at many private universities and universities athwart the state in the 1920s.
Mitchell with assistance by High Point architect Herbert Hunter.
Today, High Point University is a four-year, coeducational, liberal arts college related to the United Methodist Church.
High Point is also the home of Laurel University, as well as one of the nine Shaw University "CAPE" (College of Adult and Professional Education) program centers. Guilford Technical Community College maintains a High Point campus.
Providence Bible College & Seminary (Baptist) operates in High Point, offering degrees from Bible Diploma to Doctorate Degree.
See also: List of newspapers in North Carolina, List of airways broadcasts in North Carolina, and List of tv stations in North Carolina The High Point Enterprise, established in 1885, is the only daily journal presented in High Point.
Greensboro's News & Record is available in High Point.
Weekly and the Rhino Times are no-charge weekly papers covering High Point.
Triangle Park, High Point High Point City Lake Park: Recreation and amusement park positioned on the shores of 540-acre (2.2 km2) lake with boating, fishing, paddle boats, picnic areas with shelters, fishing boat and canoe rentals, historic carousel, train, waterslide, biggest outside swimming pool in the state, miniature golf, gymnasium, playground and excursion boat.
High Point Community Theatre: Founded in 1976, High Point Community Theatre (HPCT) presents American musicals, dramas and comedies performed by small-town actors.
High Point Museum and Historical Park: Museum commemorating the history of High Point, coupled with interpretative exhibit of log Blacksmith Shop and 1786 Haley House. Piedmont Environmental Center: Features 375 acres (1.5 km2) of hiking trails adjoining to High Point City Lake, nature preserve, small animal exhibits, the North Carolina Mapscape, and access to an eight-mile (13 km) Greenway Trail. Sechrest Gallery: Located on the ground of High Point University in the Hayworth Fine Arts Center, the Sechrest Gallery homes permanent collections of 18th and 19th century British Art coupled with rotating exhibitions.
Theatre Art Galleries: Housed in the High Point Theatre since 1975, the Theatre Art Galleries (TAG) hosts exhibitions of intact visual art.
TAG has been the sole autonomous nonprofit provider of the visual arts in High Point and includes one of the finest stage and loggia spaces in the Southeast. High Point makes up part of the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point tv designated market area.
WGHP, 8, FOX, High Point Edrice Adebayo, attended High Point Christian Academy, College basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats.
John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist, was born in Hamlet and moved to High Point shortly after birth, remained through high school James Dickey, National Book Award-winning poet, author of Deliverance; was assigned to the College Training Detachment of the Air Cadet Corps at High Point College, 1943 Adam Lazzara, lead singer of Taking Back Sunday, moved to High Point at a young age from Alabama Qubein, president of High Point University, businessman and motivational speaker She is owned by Donna Smith Lawrence and her husband, Roy, then of Greensboro and now of High Point.
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