Fact Friday

Fact Friday 155 - Hezekiah Alexander House

Fact Friday 155 - Hezekiah Alexander House

Happy Friday! Hezekiah Alexander and his family arrived in Mecklenburg County from Maryland in 1767, and he built this stone house on his rural farmland in 1774. Alexander was a...

Fact Friday 155 - Hezekiah Alexander House

Happy Friday! Hezekiah Alexander and his family arrived in Mecklenburg County from Maryland in 1767, and he built this stone house on his rural farmland in 1774. Alexander was a...

Fact Friday 154 - Another Look at the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant

Fact Friday 154 - Another Look at the Ford Moto...

Happy Friday! The Ford Motor Company opened its first factory supply service shop in Charlotte in 1914 and began assembling bodies and chassis here the next year. When local auto...

Fact Friday 154 - Another Look at the Ford Moto...

Happy Friday! The Ford Motor Company opened its first factory supply service shop in Charlotte in 1914 and began assembling bodies and chassis here the next year. When local auto...

Fact Friday 153 - Charlotte's Haz-Mat History

Fact Friday 153 - Charlotte's Haz-Mat History

In the summer of 1959, just off of South Boulevard, the Charlotte Fire Department was dispatched to a Charlotte Chemical Company during the demolition process. The crews found a large...

Fact Friday 153 - Charlotte's Haz-Mat History

In the summer of 1959, just off of South Boulevard, the Charlotte Fire Department was dispatched to a Charlotte Chemical Company during the demolition process. The crews found a large...

Fact Friday 152 - Edward Dilworth Latta Home & Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Fact Friday 152 - Edward Dilworth Latta Home & ...

Happy Friday! Edward Dilworth Latta, along with D. A. Tompkins, was one of those responsible for Charlotte's transformation from a modest commercial center into a prosperous industrial hub. The archetype...

Fact Friday 152 - Edward Dilworth Latta Home & ...

Happy Friday! Edward Dilworth Latta, along with D. A. Tompkins, was one of those responsible for Charlotte's transformation from a modest commercial center into a prosperous industrial hub. The archetype...

Fact Friday 151 - Southern Public Utilities Streetcar Barn

Fact Friday 151 - Southern Public Utilities Str...

Happy Friday! The Southern Public Utilities Company built this structure at 1424 South Boulevard in 1914 to house and service the electric streetcar system its parent company, Southern Power, had...

Fact Friday 151 - Southern Public Utilities Str...

Happy Friday! The Southern Public Utilities Company built this structure at 1424 South Boulevard in 1914 to house and service the electric streetcar system its parent company, Southern Power, had...

Fact Friday 150 - Dilworth Neighborhood

Fact Friday 150 - Dilworth Neighborhood

Happy Friday! The Dilworth neighborhood was developed as Charlotte's first "streetcar suburb" in 1891. The driving force behind its creation was Edward Dilworth Latta and his partners in the Charlotte...

Fact Friday 150 - Dilworth Neighborhood

Happy Friday! The Dilworth neighborhood was developed as Charlotte's first "streetcar suburb" in 1891. The driving force behind its creation was Edward Dilworth Latta and his partners in the Charlotte...