Trade Street
Trade Street with the Selwyn Hotel on the right. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress
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Tompkins Tower
The Tompkins Tower, named for its owner, Daniel A. Tompkins was located at 133-135 South Church Street. It was built around 1905 and housed the Charlotte Observer newspaper between 1914 and 1923. This photograph was taken on January 2, 1906 from a water tower on North Church Street. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Wachovia Bank Building
The Wachovia Bank Building on South Tryon Street. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Puckett's Meat Market
Pucketts' Meat Market was on the north side of East Trade Street in the 300 block.
ID Number: H_2000_01_260_30
Image Year: 1920
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy - very grainy - not suitable for reproduction
Category: Hornet's Nest
Format: Black and White
Image Negative: 1
Print: 1
Donor: Hugh Puckett
Copyright: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Publisher: Unknown
Photographer: George Ivey
North Tryon Street Showing YMCA and the Opera House
Taken between 1902 and 1909 , this photograph was taken at South Tryon Street and Third Street. On the left is the Trust Building and the first YMCA which was torn down in 1909. The building on right with the wide, front, gable roof and three Italianate style windows is the Opera House.
ID Number: H_2000_01_263_33
Image Year: 1905
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy
Category: Hornet's Nest
Format: Black and White
Image Negative: 1
Print: 1
Donor: Cliff Hoover
Copyright: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Publisher: Unknown
East Trade Street
By looking east down Trade Street, once can see the Belk Brother's Department Store on the left. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher:
Trade Street (West)
Looking west on Trade Street, past the Church Street intersection, one can see the Selwyn Hotel on the right. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
First National Bank
This is a architectural drawing by Louis Asbury of the First National Bank, which later became the Bank of North Carolina. This building was erected in the late 1920s. At one time, it was the tallest building in the Carolinas. Physical Description: 8x10. glossy Publisher: Unknown
Tryon Street
Looking north from South Tryon and First Streets in the mid-1930s. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Ivey's Department Store
The J.B. Ivey and Company was located at Tryon and Fifth Streets. Completed in May 1924, it was designed by William Peeps and cost $1,250,000. Today the building is used for condominiums and shops. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown