Apr 23, 2000
Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Historical Landmarks Commission The early decades of the twentieth century were prosperous times in the Queen City. Cotton was king, and Charlotte was a hub for the trading, processing, and transporting of this valuable commodity....
Apr 23, 2000
Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Historical Landmarks Commission In July and August 1857, Isaac Newton Alexander (1808-1892), a native of the Clear Creek community of Mecklenburg County, purchased a large tract of land along Sugar Creek and along Little Sugar...
Apr 23, 2000
Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Historical Landmarks Commission The growth and expansion of Charlotte in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were intimately bound up with the installation and development of its streetcar network. Streetcars...
Apr 23, 2000
Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Historical Landmarks Commission Construction of the house began on the morning of Thursday, August 20, 1874, on a lot on W. Trade St. which Samuel Wittkowsky and Jacob Rintels, two prominent merchants, had purchased from Jacob Duls on...
Apr 23, 2000
Prepared by: Dr. Dan L. Morrill Dr. William H. Huffman The McAden stands out as being different from many of the other large houses in Myers Park. Located at 920 Granville Road, it was built by textile man and banker Henry M. McAden in 1917-1918, and was designed by...
Apr 22, 2000
1621 Queens Road Sometimes we forget or don’t even know the people who create the beautiful spaces that enrich and enliven our city. Many of us drive along Queens Road West in Myers Park, for example, and assume that the majesty of the that tree-lined boulevard...