The second Charlotte Public Library opened its doors in 1956. It was located at 310 North Tryon Street. This building was replaced in 1988 with a modern facility on the same site. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company
The Charlotte Coliseum (#1) was located on Independence Boulevard. Today it is known as Independence Arena. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company
City Hall was constructed in 1920. Located on East Trade Street, it was first occupied in 1927. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company
The Charlotte Carnegie Library as it appeared on a postcard. This facility was demolished in the 1950s. A second and a third library have been built on this spot at 310 North Tryon Street. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Souvenier Postcard Company
The Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Company was founded in 1900 by Willis Frank Dowd, Sr. It is the oldest cast iron soil pipe plant in America. Physical Description: 3x5 Published in Germany Publisher: PCK
Charlotte City Hall, located on East Trade Street, was first occupied in 1927. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: E. C. Kropp Company
The Third Courthouse was located at Church and Trade Streets. Each of the tall, white columns were made from a single pine tree then stuccoed after being milled. It gave the appearance of marble. When the courthouse was torn down, no one recalled this fact, and the workers were surprised to discover perfectly preserved trees beneath the stucco. It was torn down in 1898. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Souvenier Postcard Company
Good Samaritan Hospital was the first hospital built for African Americans in North Carolina. The original building was made on December 18, 1888. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company
A 1930 postcard advertising the amenities of the Hotel Charlotte and the city of Charlotte. Notes about the hotel from the card reads as follows,`Largest hotel in the Carolina's, 400 rooms, each with private bath: 78 per cent of the rooms are priced at $3.50 or less, 59 per cent at $3 or less, 25 per cent at the minimum rate of $2.50, single. Two restaurants: fixed-price meals served in both.` Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Tavern Press
This the way the courthouse and post office appeared when it was first constructed in 1915. Today Charles R. Jonas Federal Building is an historic two-story, limestone structure in the neo-classical design. It is located at 401 West Trade Street, in Charlotte with an addition that was built in 1934. At various times it has served as a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, and a United States post office. In 1975, the building was renamed in honor of long-serving North Carolina Congressman Charles R.