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The Southern Manufacturers Club, an all men’s club organized in 1894. Fourteen years later in 1908, work began on this handsome building, designed by C.C. Hook, at 134 West Trade Street at a cost of $100,000.
Charlotte has been the county seat of Mecklenburg County since 1762. The first courthouse was a log structure built in 1766.
St. Mark's Lutheran remains the oldest Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charlotte. Worship services were first held in 1859.
St. Peter's Hospital was the first official hospital in Charlotte. Led by Jane Smedberg Wilkes, the women of the St. Peter's Episcopal Church raised the money for the first St. Peter's Hospital in 1876.
Presbyterian College for Women opened its doors in 1896. It was located at 600-616 North College Street on the corner of 9th Street. Young women from around the Carolinas attended this liberal arts school.
These women did not hesitate when asked to do some "rough work" for the soldiers' welfare. They are shown in the act of painting chairs and tables for the Tea Room of the Red Circle Inn.
This coin was minted to celebrate the unveiling of the Capt. James Jack statue in Charlotte, NC, on May 20th, 2010.
Guests at a Christmas reception at the home of Bishop and Mrs. George W. Clinton. Their elegant two story home on North Myers Street was the setting for many social events in the early 1900s.
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION.
Sergeant Major Zachariah Alexander served in the 3rd North Carolina Infantry in the Spanish-American War, c. 1898.
MRS. KELLY M. ALEXANDER, SR.
John Southerland, of Charlotte, appears in this group of graduates of the U.S. Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland, May 24, 1945.
ANITA BALDWIN.
Carter Hall, Biddle University, c. 1904. From: Art Work of Charlotte, North Carolina,PLCMC.
The Hotel Alexander on McDowell Street was the only hotel serving blacks in Charlotte during the 1940s. Visiting celebrities stayed there and it served as a center for the social life of the community.
PLCMC.
Zoel Sylvester Hargrave, c. 1921.
DEE DEE MURPHY.
Right: Hattie Ruddisell, 1938.
GERALDINE JOHNSON BLENMAN.