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Presbyterian College was the precursor to Queens College. This building was located on the corner of College and Ninth Streets. When the school changed its name to Queens, the school moved to the Myers Park area.
An all girl 3rd grade class at Myers Street School in the 1920s. The Myers School was located in the vicinity of the Acquatic Center on Stonewall Street. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
Starette Social Club in McCrory Heights. Left to right: Margaret Wallace, Cora B. Johnson, Willie Mae Witherspoon, Carrie Belton, Emma Brown. Second row: Floyd Wallace, unknown, unknown, Abram Hare, unknown, unknown, and William Bates Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
Margaret Neal's, later Wallace' graduation photo. She was eighteen years old at the time and attended Second Ward High School. Physical Description: 5x7 Publisher: Unknown
The new St. Paul Baptist Church on McDowell Street. The Reverend James F. Wertz was the Pastor. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
Thomas M. (Jack) Martin, Captain, football team, Johnson C. Smith University. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
The fifth Mecklenburg County Courthouse is located at 700 East Trade Street. It first opened in 1928. Shipp Monument is in front. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Look south on Tryon Street from Dalton Avenue intersection. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
This courthouse was located on the site of Liberty Hall, at the corner of Tryon and Third Streets. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
When General Cornwallis invaded Mecklenburg County in 1780, a number of skirmishes between the local rebels and the British troops took place. The Battle of McIntyre's Farm took place on October 3, 1780. The log farmhouse was located on Beatties Ford Road.
Home of Captain William R. Myers at 802 East Avenue. (Information listed on original photograph is incorrect.) Physical Description: 8x10 glossy, 4x5 negatives - 4 copies Publisher: Unknown
Firemen meet for dinner on the second floor of the City Hall in 1916. Physical Description: 8x10 gloss, Publisher: Unknown
The Clayton Hotel was located at the northeast corner of Church and Fifth Streets. Built in 1913, the hotel offered one hundred rooms and fifty baths. Merton C. Propst was the owner. The Clayton Hotel was demolished in the mid-1970s to make room for a parking lot.
Photograph of the architectural rendition by Charles C. Hook for three government facilities. The City Hall is in the center, the Fire Station to the right and the Police Station complex is on the left. The facilities were built and occupied by the fall of 1925.
This historic marker is the site where Jefferson Davidson stood on Tryon Street when he learned of President Abraham Lincoln's death on April 15, 1865. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Looking west on Trade Street, past the Church Street intersection, one can see the Selwyn Hotel on the right. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Students in Mrs. Agnes Todd's Fifth Grade Class at D.H. Hill School posed for this school picture in 1915. Physical Description: 8x10 mounted Publisher: Martha Warsham