Central High School
Central High School was opened around 1908. Located on Elizabeth Avenue, the building is now part of the Central Piedmont Community College's campus.
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James K. Polk Homesite in Pineville
The birthplace of America's Eleventh President, James Knox Polk is located in Pineville, North Carolina. The cabin has since been restored. Polk was an 1818 UNC Chapel Hill graduate. He became President of the United States on March 4, 1845.
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Publisher: Dexter Press
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Freedom Park Outdoor Theater
The Charlotte Lions Club provided the funds for outdoor theater at the park. Many band concerts have taken place there over the years.
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Publisher: Dexter Press
Mercy Hospital
Mercy Hospital was founded by the Sisters of Mercy of Belmont, North Carolina in February 1906. Originally it was a twenty-five bed facility in a wooden building on East First Street behind St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. The second facility, pictured here, opened in 1916 on East Fifth Street. Additions increased and by 1960, the hospital had a capacity of 300 beds.
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Brickwork on Quartermaster Depot Building
This building opened as a Ford Motor Company plant in 1924. In World War II it served as a Quartermaster Depot, and as a missile plant and warehouse in the years since. Physical Description: jpg, 1135 X 815 Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
F. C. Abbott
Frederick Charles Abbott (1862-1959) was born in Connecticut and moved to Charlotte when he was in his thirties. He was the author of Fifty Years in Charlotte Real Estate, 1897-1947.
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Martha Auten 4th grade class photo
At the time of this photograph, Martha Auten lived on Duckworth Avenue with her parents Robert and Duval Auten in the home of her maternal grandfather, Henry Duckworth.
Names of children in photo are as follows:
Girls Seated-Virgil Erane, Rubie Lee Fodd, Martha Autem, Emma Remmie, Margie York, Elizabeth Teameter,
Girls Standing- Mable Nilson, Ethel Godfrey, Doloree Lingle, Idelle Davis, Addie House, Mildred Gardner, Gladis Frazier
Google Fiber
Google Fiber converted a century-old warehouse in the 200 block of E. 7th St. to be its local headquarters.
Physical Description: .jpg, 680 X 381
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
City Center Inn
The City Center Inn began operation at 601 N. Tryon St. in 1992. This photograph was taken just prior to its demolition.
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Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Harry Golden
Photo of Harry Golden (May 6, 1902 – October 2, 1981) in his Charlotte home.
Harry Golden was an author, Civil Rights activist and publisher of the Carolina Israelite.
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