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. Cornwallis and his forces withdrew from Mecklenburg County on October 12, 1780. This image was made on April 25, 1934. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
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
Hayes Bus Lines ran from Charlotte, North Carolina to Columbia, South Carolina. This photograph was taken in front of the Firestone Tire & Rubber company on 5th Street. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy - 4x5 negative - 2 copies Publisher: Unknown.
Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.
Oates House at the northwest corner of Eighth and Tryon Streets. James Oates owned the Charlotte Cotton Mill at 504 West 5th Street. Physical Description: 8x10, glossy, 4x5 negatives - 3 copies Publisher: Unknown
Charlotte Fire Fighters posed for this picture on January 18, 1916. Physical Description: 4x5 negative 2 copies, 8x10 glossy, Publisher: Unknown
This is Charlotte's first real City Hall. Built in 1891, 1, on the corner of Fifth and North Tryon Streets.
ID Number: H_2000_01_222_30
Image Year: 1900
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy
Category: Hornets' Nest
Format: Black and White
Image Negative: 1
Print: 1
Donor: Simmons
Copyright: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Publisher: Unknown
Photographer: J.W. and Mary Moon
The Confederate Monument in Elmwood Cemetery was erected on June 30, 1887 by the builders Berryhill & Johnson. The Ladies' Memorial Association rasied $995 for its construction. Members of the Association included Mary A. Osborne, C.M. Gibbons, Sue B. Watts, Bessie M. Watts, Carrie Wittkowsky, Jane Renwick Wilkes, and Laura Morrison Brown. In May, the association discovered it did not have funds. John Wilkes offerred to finish the work at his factory, The Mecklenburg Iron Works for half the cost.
Copy of a postcard of Covenant Presbyterian Church at 1000 East Morehead Street. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
The Sixth Grade class of Miss Bertha Wohlfore at College Street Elementary School. The latter was located at 600-606 North College Street.