Mecklenburg Hotel and the Chez Montet French Restaurant were located on West Trade Street. The hotel opened in 1914 and Chez Montet opened in 1945. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Genuine Curteich
The Mayfair Hotel, now known as the Dunhill Hotel, is located at the corners of North Tryon and 6th Streets. Built by two local physicians, Dr. James Pleasant Mattheson and Dr. C.N. Peeler, the hotel opened its doors as the Mayfield Manor on November 15, 1929. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the hotel was designed by Louis Asbury. The Dunhill Hotel Associates restored the Mayfield to its present grandeur in the late 1980s, and changed its name. 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 black and white Publisher: Souvenier Postcard 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
Located on the 200 block of South Tryon Street, the C.W. Johnston Building was completed in 1924. It was Charlotte's largest office building with 149,000 square feet and 17 stories. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company
The Charlotte Auditorium was located at College and Fifth Street. It was demolished in the 1920s. The rubble was used to build the Cannon Cathedral on Wallace Road. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: United States 5-1--25 Stores, Inc.
Located on the 200 block of South Tryon Street, the C.W. Johnston Building was completed in 1924. It was Charlotte's largest office building with 149,000 square feet and 17 stories. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Asheville Postcard and Pennant Company
Located on the 200 block of South Tryon Street, the C.W. Johnston Building was completed in 1924. It was Charlotte's largest office building with 149,000 square feet and 17 stories. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: E. C. Kropp Company
The Realty Building on Tryon Street with an ample view of a trolley car. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Leighton & Valentine Company
Opening on October 11, 1921, the second Masonic Temple in Charlotte was designed by Willard Rogers in the Egyptian Revival style. Prior to its dismantling and demolition, after First Union purchased the property in 1987, it was the last example of Egyptian Revival architecture in North Carolina. The first Masonic Temple in Charlotte was located on South Tryon Street and the corner of Second Street. Built in 1913, at a cost of $122.750, the building was designed by Charles Christian Hook and Willard G. Rogers. J.A. Jones was the construction company.