Af Am Album Vol.2 -- Places

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531 S. Alexander St.
Apostolic Church of God

This building was razed. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

526 S. Myers St., Apartments
• Jason S. Pride
• L.B. Watson
• Clarence Jones
• Mrs. Daisy B. Poole
524 S. Myers St., Leroy Floyd home
520 S. Myers St., Mrs. Rosetta B. Walker home

These buildings were torn down. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

904 S. Independence Blvd., Mrs. Minnie S. Long home
Corner of Independence and Myers, Filling Station

These buildings were demolished. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

920 S. Independence Blvd., Mrs. Annie H. Grier home
916 S. Independence Blvd., Thomas Harper home
914 S. Independence Blvd., Mrs. Deatrice D. Hall home
912 S. Independence Blvd., Lenora White home
910 S. Independence Blvd., C. Clark Young home

These buildings were torn down. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

926 S. Independence Blvd., Robert M. Moore home
924 S. Independence Blvd., Mrs. Janie Holmes home
922 S. Independence Blvd., Dora Simpson home, Dressmaker

These buildings were demolished. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

419 S. Alexander St., David Mitchell, Confectioner and Furnished Rooms
421 S. Alexander St., Jerome Oxner home

These buildings were demolished. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

708 Watkins Alley, Mrs. Marie D. McCauley home
714 Watkins Alley, Mrs. Essie D. McClendon home
716 Watkins Alley, Frank J. Ruth home
718 Watkins Alley, Louie McDuffie home
720 Watkins Alley, Elmo Morrow home
722 Watkins Alley, John Morrow home
726 Watkins Alley, unknown

Watkins Alley was an unpaved alley. These buildings were torn down, and the road no longer exists. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

418 S. Myers St., William A. Roddey home
420 S. Myers St., John H. McCauley home
424 S. Myers St., W. Irving Belcher home

These buildings were destroyed. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

705 E. 1st St., Claude D. Boyd home 705 1/2 E. 1st St., Mrs. Carrie Patman home 709 E. 1st St., Mrs. Rebecca G. Byrd home 711 E. 1st St., Carrie G. Lewis home 713 E. 1st St., Lester Morrow home 715 E. 1st St., Millard E. McManus home 717 E. 1st St., Jason G. Ford home 719 E. 1st St., Mrs. Hattie L. Graham home	721 E. 1st St., Carl Hooper home 723 E. 1st St., Charles W. Grier home 725 E. 1st St., Samuel T. Moore home 727 E. 1st St., Rosetta Patterson home 729 E. 1st St., Thurlow Belk home 731 E. 1st St., Vacant 731 1/2 E. 1st St., Gung Ho Club 733 E. 1st St., Vacant
These buildings were torn down. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

425 S. Myers St., Mrs. M. Corina Moore home
429 S. Myers St., Kathryn E. Pickett home

These buildings were destroyed. This site now part of the Metro School complex.

810 Bell Court, George Stoney home

Bell Court was an unpaved alley. This building was torn down, and the road no longer exists. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

820 Bell Court, Sylvester Mathews home

Bell Court was an unpaved alley. This building was torn down, and the road no longer exists. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

822 Bell Court, Cleo B. Bruton home

Bell Court was an unpaved alley. This building was torn down, and the road no longer exists. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

809 E. 1st St., Stinson Eli home
811 E. 1st St., William Blair home
813 E. 1st St., Jason W. Clemmons home
815 E. 1st St., Samuel Todd home
817 E. 1st St., David Cauthon home
819 E. 1st St., Booker T. McCullough home
821 E. 1st St., John Wess home
823 E. 1st St., Robert Draper home
825 E. 1st St., Lewis Carter home

These buildings were demolished. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

501 S. Myers St., Hason C. Hart Shoe Repair
503 S. Myers St., Kitty's Smoke Shop
505 S. Myers St., Parmasena Club Inc.

These buildings were razed. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

802 E. 1st St., First Street Sandwich Shop
804 E. 1st St., Harry Long home
806 E. 1st St., Hood's Tea Room, Restaurant

These buildings were demolished. This site is now part of the Metro School complex.

810 E. 1st St., Mrs. Ellawee Rosie home
810 1/2 E. 1st St., Thomas Jones home
812 E. 1st St., Mrs. Sammie Hammonds home
814 E. 1st St., Ethel Tillman home
816 E. 1st St., William Pressley home

These buildings were demolished. This site is now part of the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center complex.

820 E. 1st St., Vacant
822 E. 1st St., Henry L. Jones home
826 E. 1st St., Morgan Woods College

These buildings were torn down. This site is now part of the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center complex.

514 S. McDowell St., Brady J. Adams home
512 S. McDowell St., Jason Porter home
510 S. McDowell St., Julia Golden home

These buildings were demolished. This site is now part of the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center complex.

501 S. Alexander St.
Second Ward High School (1923-1969)

Second Ward High School was the city's first black high school. Students from all over Mecklenburg County attended the school until West Charlotte High was built in 1938. The school was closed as part of the city's integration plan in 1969. The gym is now incorporated into the Metro School complex.

View from the back of the Second Ward High School gym.

Pictured here are the gym, the auto shop, and the back of the school. The gym is now part of the Metro School complex.

701 E. 1st St. Grier & Thompson Funeral Home

Grier's Mutual Burial Association
John H. Moore, Bookkeeping Service
This building was razed during urban renewal and is now part of the Metro Center complex.

The 500 block of McDowell St. The 500 block of S. McDowell St.
These buildings were torn down during urban renewal. This is now the site of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Aquatic Center

E. 1st St. intersection

508 - Savoy Theatre
504 - Oscar's Sandwich Shop, No. 2
502 - McDowell Barber Shop
500 - Arthur D. Covington, Grocer
428 - Pittman & Hudspeth, Grocers
424 - Mrs. Sarah Davis home
422 - William Massey home

The 400 & 500 blocks of S. McDowell St.
(The black car is entering
McDowell St. from E. 1st St.)

The Savoy Theatre, 508 S. McDowell St.
The Savoy Theatre was opened in 1935 as the Royal Theatre. It was the largest black movie house in Charlotte with over 700 seats. The Savoy continued to show feature films and live acts until 1963.

Myers Street School

517 S. Myers St.
Myers Street Grade School

In the late 1940s, Myers Street School was the largest elementary school in North Carolina for black children. This photo shows Principal Roberts (on the left) with a staff of 28 teachers.The school was torn down as part of urban renewal. The site is now part of Metro School and the Aquatic Center.