Queens College
Queens College is located on Selwyn Avenue in the Myers Park neighborhood. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: CT Photoshop
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Queens College
Queens College is located on Selwyn Avenue in the Myers Park neighborhood. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Octochrome
Presbyterian College
Presbyterian College for women was located on College Avenue. The school changed its names to Queens College and moved to the Myers Park neighborhood. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Unknown
Presbyterian College
Presbyterian College for women was located on College Avenue. The school eventually became Queens College (University) and moved to Selwyn Avenue. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress
Elizabeth College
Elizabeth College opened in 1896. Located on Hawthorne Lane at the intersection with Elizabeth Avenue. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Raphael Tuck and Sons
Presbyterian College for Women
Presbyterian College for Women was located on College Street. It changed its names to Queens College when the school moved to Selwyn Avenue. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Company
Central High School
Central High School was opened around 1908. Located on Elizabeth Avenue, the building is now part of the Central Piedmont Community College's campus. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company
North Graded School
North Graded School was located at 9th and Brevard Streets. Frank P. Milburn of Washington, D.C. was the architect. The school opened in 1900. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Company
Charlotte School Board
The 1916 Charlotte School Board.
Front row, left to right: Guy M. Beaty, T. T. Smith, J. D. McCall, Mayor T. L. Kirkpatrick, Arthur Wearn, Plummer Stewart. Back row: unidentified, M. J. Green, S. F. Tomlinson, J. H. Wilson, J. Landrum Brown, unidentified, Harry P. Harding, D. M. Abernethy, and D. R. Yarboro.
For more information about the history of education in Charlotte, please check vertical files and Harding's "History of Charlotte Schools," which are both located in the Carolina Room.
Elizabeth College
Elizabeth College was located at the intersection of Elizabeth Avenue and Hawthorne Lane. Physical Description: gray tones 3x5 Publisher: Souvenier Postcard Company