Gilmore Furniture Co.
Nothing adds so much to the interior
beauty of a house as handsome furniture,
and among the firms engaged in
this line in Charlottesville The Gilmore
Furniture Company is the recognized
leader. The concern occupies a
large and handsome four story and
basement stone structure at No. 320
East Main street, and does a wholesale
and retail business. In addition to
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One of the Gilmore Furniture Co.'s Majestic Moving Vans.
the main building the company has
two large warerooms at 321 and 323
East Main street, which with the general
store gives a combined floor space
of 18,000 square feet. The warehouses
fairly teem with splendid house furnishings
of every description which
comprises everything in the way of furniture,
mattings, stoves, rugs, draperies,
etc. The concern are local agents for
the famous Imperial rugs manufactured
by W. and J. Sloan of New York, and
are the sole agents here of many leading
furniture manufacturers of Grand
Rapids, Michigan. The company
was incorporated in 1902 with the
following officers: Mr. John A. Gilmore,
President; Wilson M. Gilmore,
Vice President; and J. W. Anderson,
Secretary and Treasurer. The Board
of Directors is composed of C. H.
Walker, W. H. Wood, W. A. Irving
and Dr. H. S. Hedges. Mr. Gilmore,
the President, has been in the furniture
business all his life, and is one of
the most experienced men in that line
in Virginia. He was born in Chatham
County, North Carolina, and after
completing his education went to
Richmond and entered the furniture
line, learning the business under the
most proficient dealers and in the leading
stores of that city. Eight years
ago he came to this city and continued
in the line until the formation of the
present firm. Wilson M. Gilmore,
the Vice President, a brother of the
President, is also a native of Chatham
County, N. C., and has been in the
business since leaving school. At present
he is located in Richmond where
he is connected with the leading store
of the Capital City. Mr. Anderson
was born in Nelson County, and has
been in this city for the past fifteen
years. Prior to the organization of
this company he was engaged in the
wholesale grocery business. Of the
Board of Directors Mr. Walker is city
treasurer and connected with many
enterprises. W. H. Wood is engaged
in the gents furnishing business with
his brother, while Mr. Irving is the
proprietor of a large and handsome
livery business. Dr. Hedges is one of
the most eminent physicians in the
city and aside from the business described
here devotes himself exclusively
to his profession.
