Aerial view of Lake Norman and Cowans Ford Dam. The mile-long hydro-electric dam was built by Duke Power, today Duke Energy. Lake Norman is the largest man-made lake in North Carolina. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Asheville Postcard and Pennant Company
Once the home of First Baptist Church, this site is located in the 300 block of North Tryon Street. The church can trace its history to 1832. This facility was built in 1908 and served the congregation until the 1970s when they moved to a new church. The older facility was transformed into a cultural center for arts education and is known as Spirit Square. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress
Open Air School in Charlotte. (Public School Superintendent Harry P. Harding is in the background.)
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negatives - two copies
Publisher: Unknown
The Selwyn Hotel was located on West TradedStreet. It opened in 1907. Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: Ivey, J.B. & Company Publishers
Exterior and interior view of the Coliseum Downtowner Motor Inn at 3024 East Independence Blvd. The inn has 175 units and the banquet facilities, seen here, seats 500 guests Physical Description: 5x7 Publisher: Bob Baxter
H.D. Dennis Apartments were located at Hopedale and Granville Road.Another copy exists
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy
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Myers Park Presbyterian Church is located on Queens Road in the Myers Park neighborhood. Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: Dixie News Company
Bailey's Cafeteria was located in the Cotswold Shopping Center at the corner of Sharon Amity and Randolph. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Don Hunter
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.
Freedom Park was built in the 1940s to honor World War II Soldiers from Mecklenburg County. It is located between Princeton Avenue and East Boulevard. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company