Schools

Central High School was one of the most popular schools in its days. Located on Elizabeth Avenue, the school is now part of the campus of Central Piedmont Community College. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company

Founded in 1867, Biddle University provided educational opportunities for blacks to learn a trade or profession. Today the school is known as Johnson C. Smith University. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress

First known as Biddle University, Johnson C. Smith University was founded in 1870 on Beatties Ford Road. Colonel W.R. Myers donated the land. The school was named for its financial benefactor, Mary Biddle. On March 1, 1923, the school changed its name to Johnson C. Smith University in honor of another donor. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company

The North Carolina Medical College was chartered in 1892 at Davidson College. The upper graduates moved to Charlotte in 1903 with the opening of the Presbyterian Hospital. The entire medical college moved into this building Charlotte in 1907. Its address was 215 N. Church St., the southwest corner of Sixth and Church Streets. The school closed in 1913. Today the building has been renovated for apartments. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: HC Leighton Manufacturers