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Rodgers--Wade Furniture Company
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About this site
Rodgers--Wade Furniture Company is a historic place in Paris, Lamar County, dedicated in 1988. It is one of 27 historic places documented in Lamar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 89 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.6583, -95.5586 near Paris. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Church of Christ, Scientist (historic place), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Daniel, J. M. and Emily, House, First Presbyterian Church, and Ragland House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2088001919. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Rodgers Wade traces its origins to 1856, when James W. Rodgers bought a Paris cabinet shop and gradually expanded into furniture manufacturing, adding steam power and a lumber-planing mill by 1879. After Rodgers's death his sons brought in John William Wade as a partner, and the firm was renamed the Rodgers-Wade Furniture Company. Its Paris complex grew to include a five-story rail-served factory and several buildings, making it one of the largest furniture operations in the Southwest and among the oldest continuously operating businesses in Texas.
Sources: rodgerswade.comatlas.thc.texas.gov
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