Fact Friday
Fact Friday 310 - Charlotte, Queen of Finance ...
Happy Friday! Charlotte’s history in finance begins with quite the humble origin story. Just as the century was set to turn in 1799, a young boy discovered a substantial...
Fact Friday 310 - Charlotte, Queen of Finance ...
Happy Friday! Charlotte’s history in finance begins with quite the humble origin story. Just as the century was set to turn in 1799, a young boy discovered a substantial...
Fact Friday 142 - Trust Building / Johnston Bui...
Happy Friday! We briefly touched on these historic buildings in both Fact Fridays 55 and 109. This photo (above) was taken in 1902, the year the seven-story Trust Building was...
Fact Friday 142 - Trust Building / Johnston Bui...
Happy Friday! We briefly touched on these historic buildings in both Fact Fridays 55 and 109. This photo (above) was taken in 1902, the year the seven-story Trust Building was...
Fact Friday 133 - U.S. Mint Building and Charle...
Happy Friday! The U.S. Mint Building, on the corner in Charlotte that has always been operated by the federal government. In 1799 farmer John Reed found a seventeen-pound gold nugget...
Fact Friday 133 - U.S. Mint Building and Charle...
Happy Friday! The U.S. Mint Building, on the corner in Charlotte that has always been operated by the federal government. In 1799 farmer John Reed found a seventeen-pound gold nugget...
Fact Friday 117 - Charlotte Mecklenburg Courtho...
Happy Friday! This shot from 1901 shows Charlotte’s fourth courthouse – a domed Greek Revival building at the corner of South Tryon and Third Streets. The city’s first law...
Fact Friday 117 - Charlotte Mecklenburg Courtho...
Happy Friday! This shot from 1901 shows Charlotte’s fourth courthouse – a domed Greek Revival building at the corner of South Tryon and Third Streets. The city’s first law...
Fact Friday 114 - First National Bank Building
Happy Friday! The twenty-story First National Bank Building at 112 South Tryon Street was built in 1927, the year this photograph was taken. Once the tallest building in the...
Fact Friday 114 - First National Bank Building
Happy Friday! The twenty-story First National Bank Building at 112 South Tryon Street was built in 1927, the year this photograph was taken. Once the tallest building in the...
Fact Friday 106 - The Business District Transfo...
Happy Friday! The story of the transformation of the Center City begins in the 1940s. Though Charlotte residents began driving automobiles in the early 1900s, it took several decades...
Fact Friday 106 - The Business District Transfo...
Happy Friday! The story of the transformation of the Center City begins in the 1940s. Though Charlotte residents began driving automobiles in the early 1900s, it took several decades...