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Hezekiah Alexander House

Hezekiah Alexander House was built in 1774. This rock house is located on Shamrock Drive. It is the oldest house in Mecklenburg County. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Asheville Postcard and Pennant Company

Selwyn Hotel (interior shot)

Interior shot of the Selwyn Hotel when Edgar b. Moore, was the proprietor. The Selwyn Hotel was located on West Trade Street. It opened in 1907. Physical Description: 3x5 sepia Publisher: Unknown

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 Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Unknown

Anna Morrison Jackson's House Number Two

This is the second home of Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, widow of the great Confederate Calvary Leader, author of Life of Stonewall Jackson. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Stone and Barringer Publishers

Trade Street (East)

East Trade Street with a view of a trolley and a horse and buggy. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Souvenier Postcard Company

Mercy Hospital

Mercy Hospital in the Elizabeth Neighborhood. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company

Myers Park Residence

`A typical scene in Beautiful Meyers [sic] Park, Charlotte, N.C. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: E. C. Kropp Company

Aerial view of Camp Greene

View from an aeroplane of Camp Greene. The latter was a World War I training base in Charlotte, North Carolina. Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: A. M. Simon