Fact Friday

Fact Friday 293 - The Historic Builders Building

Fact Friday 293 - The Historic Builders Building

  Happy Friday! The Builders Building, located at 312 W. Trade Street in Charlotte, North Carolina, was designed by Charlotte architect and engineer Marion Rossiter “Steve” Marsh (1901-1977) and constructed in 1926-27...

Fact Friday 293 - The Historic Builders Building

  Happy Friday! The Builders Building, located at 312 W. Trade Street in Charlotte, North Carolina, was designed by Charlotte architect and engineer Marion Rossiter “Steve” Marsh (1901-1977) and constructed in 1926-27...

Fact Friday 292 - The Charlotte Skyline and Corporate Signage

Fact Friday 292 - The Charlotte Skyline and Cor...

Happy Friday! Charlotte’s skyline is always evolving as the city grows and architectural tastes change. One of the revolving style debates has been over the inclusion of signage on the...

Fact Friday 292 - The Charlotte Skyline and Cor...

Happy Friday! Charlotte’s skyline is always evolving as the city grows and architectural tastes change. One of the revolving style debates has been over the inclusion of signage on the...

Fact Friday 291 - More about Swann

Fact Friday 291 - More about Swann

Happy Friday! The UNC Charlotte Special Collections department recently highlighted that we just passed the 50 year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case, Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of...

Fact Friday 291 - More about Swann

Happy Friday! The UNC Charlotte Special Collections department recently highlighted that we just passed the 50 year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case, Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of...

Fact Friday 290 - The State Sport of NC: Stock Car Racing

Fact Friday 290 - The State Sport of NC: Stock ...

Happy Friday! Of course NASCAR is a big draw for the region. But I don't know about you all, but I had no idea that stock car racing was the...

Fact Friday 290 - The State Sport of NC: Stock ...

Happy Friday! Of course NASCAR is a big draw for the region. But I don't know about you all, but I had no idea that stock car racing was the...

Fact Friday 289 - Charlotte's First Saint Patrick's Day Parade

Fact Friday 289 - Charlotte's First Saint Patri...

Happy Friday! As a city with deep Scottish (and Presbyterian) roots, Charlotte didn’t have its first official St. Patrick’s Day Parade until this day 65 years ago - and it...

Fact Friday 289 - Charlotte's First Saint Patri...

Happy Friday! As a city with deep Scottish (and Presbyterian) roots, Charlotte didn’t have its first official St. Patrick’s Day Parade until this day 65 years ago - and it...

Fact Friday 288 - Charles Samuel Lafayette Alexander Taylor

Fact Friday 288 - Charles Samuel Lafayette Alex...

Happy Friday! The Taylors were a prominent and influential African American family in Charlotte, North Carolina. Charles Samuel Lafayette Alexander Taylor (1849-1934) was born enslaved in South Carolina. Before the passage...

Fact Friday 288 - Charles Samuel Lafayette Alex...

Happy Friday! The Taylors were a prominent and influential African American family in Charlotte, North Carolina. Charles Samuel Lafayette Alexander Taylor (1849-1934) was born enslaved in South Carolina. Before the passage...