City Directories and History: 1936 – Pratt’s Service Station, 1963 – Armfield Furniture Company
The Herald on June 19, 1941 stated – “Work has begun on a new store of the J.E. Bass and Furniture Co., to be located on the SW corner of Oakland Avenue and Charlotte Highway (Cherry Rd.). The company has been located on Main Street in the Crawford Building for twenty years. The new building will be 50 ft – 100 ft., and will include a warehouse. Catawba Lumber Company has the contract. Bass Funeral Home will continue to operate at its present location on Main Street. The site of the new store was previously occupied by Pratt Used Cars. They have moved across the corner of the same intersection beside the Pure Oil Station.”
On Oct. 20, 1941 the Herald ran an ad stating – “Opening of the new J.E. Bass and Son Furniture Store. A formal celebration will be held Monday which moved from Main Street on Oct. 1st. The manager is R.E. Bass.”
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