R.L. and Nancy Bassett Stone House, Fairystone Park Highway, Bassett, Virginia
Fairy stones are mineral crystals that are found in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. They are six-sided and are often found in the shape of a Maltese, Roman, or St. Andrew's cross. Many people consider finding them to bring good luck. The Bassett family are probably among those people, because they found plenty of good fortune in those fairy stone foothills. John D. Bassett, Sr. (1866-1965) owned quite a bit of land in Henry County, Virginia, in the town that came to be called Bassett. He ran a mercantile and lumber business. His son-in-law Reed L. Stone was a local builder. Together they figured out that if they combined their interests, they could form their own furniture company, Bassett Furniture. That was in 1902. Today Bassett Industries is a cluster of buildings that stretch along Fairystone Park Highway (VA-57). If you keep driving east past them, you'll eventually arrive at Fairy Stone State Park itself. A little closer to headquarters is the