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The first Lowe's store, Mr. L.S. Lowe's North Wilkesboro Hardware, opened in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in 1921 by Lucius Smith Lowe. [8] After Lowe died in 1940, the business was inherited by his daughter, Ruth Buchan, who sold the company to her brother, James Lowe, for $4,200, [9] that same year.
The Buchans moved to Wilkesboro during the 1940s to co-manage the store with Jim after he came home. [2] In 1952, after differences with Jim, Buchan bought the business out and became sole owner of Lowe's Hardware. [3] Buchan's vision for Lowe's was ambitious early on. He wanted to transform it into a chain of hardware stores. [6]
Lowes Foods started in 1954 in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, with a single store opened by Jim Lowe (former co-owner of what became Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, and son of its founder). Lowe sold that store to J. C. Faw. Expansion in Wilkesboro and the mountain regions of North Carolina shortly followed. [2]
Until 2003, Lowe's had its corporate headquarters in Wilkes County, but the company has since relocated most of its corporate functions to Mooresville, North Carolina, a fast-growing suburb of Charlotte. However, Lowe's large office in Wilkesboro still houses many corporate departments, and Lowe's remains the county's second-largest employer. [56]
North Wilkesboro is a town in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,131 at the 2020 US Census . [ 4 ] North Wilkesboro is the birthplace and original home of Lowe's Home Improvement , which continues to have a major presence in the community.
The Wilkes Journal-Patriot has sections covering news, sports, events, obituaries, and lifestyles, and it contains an opinion and classifieds section. [8] The Journal-Patriot remained a family-owned newspaper [4] until its sale to Paxton Media Group effective September 1, 2020. Dale Morefield of The Enquirer-Journal became publisher. [2]
Wilkesboro: Now the Wilkes County Heritage Museum 21: Wilkes Hosiery Mills: Wilkes Hosiery Mills: April 30, 2008 : 407 F. St. North Wilkesboro: 22: Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church: Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church: August 24, 1982
Before Lowe's, Niblock had a nine-year career with accounting firm Ernst & Young. [3] [2]Niblock joined Lowe's in 1993 and became, and has served as director of taxation, vice president and treasurer (1997–1998), senior vice president (1999–2000), executive vice president (2001–2003) and chief financial officer (2000–2003).