Students at College Street Elementary
Class photograph from College Street Elementary School. The school was located at 600-606 North College Street. Physical Description: 8x10 mounted Publisher: Unknown
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Edith Van Gilluwe, Professor of Violin at Elizabeth College
Edith Van Gilluwe of New York was a Professor of Violin at Elizabeth. Located on Hawthorne Road, it opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915 when the school relocated to Roanoke, Virginia. She later moved to Asbury Park, New Jersey where she continued to teach music.
First Presbyterian Church
Copy of a 1908 postcard featuring an aerial view of First Presbyterian Church.
Rural Hill (Outbuilding)
Photograph of a water well at Rural Hill, Plantation. Rural Hill was the home of General William Lee Davidson, who died at the Battle of Cowan's Ford in 1781. Davidson College was named for the General. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Students at Unknown School
Class portrait of students. School maybe College Street Elementary, but not documented. Physical Description: 8x10 mounted Publisher: Unknown
Charlotte Sanitarium
This picture of the Charlotte Sanitarium was copied from a 1909 postcard. The Charlotte Sanitarium operated from 1907 to 1942. This 100 room, privately owned hospital was located on the southeast corner of Seventh and Church Streets. The building was later used for offices before being demolished in the mid-1950s.
Ephraim Davidson House
Ephraim Davidson House Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
School children
School children unknown, probably at College Street Elementary. Physical Description: 8x10 mounted Publisher: Unknown
Clayton Hotel
The Clayton Hotel was located at the northeast corner of Church and Fifth Streets. Built in 1913, the hotel offered one hundred rooms and fifty baths. Merton C. Propst was the owner. The Clayton Hotel was demolished in the mid-1970s to make room for a parking lot. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
C.D. Kearns
C.D. Kearns House. (Actual location is not known.) Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown