In May 1946 Alfred "Bub" and Betty Tyson opened a small furniture retail store at 109 Broadway in Black Mountain, North Carolina; a town in which Alfred’s family roots reach back five generations. Today, Tyson Furniture still occupies that same building but has grown into one of the largest and finest furniture stores in the Carolinas. The store now boasts over 70,000 square feet of showroom space in downtown Black Mountain and a modern warehouse facility just across town.