Fact Friday

Fact Friday 149 - Another Look at Independence Park

Fact Friday 149 - Another Look at Independence ...

Happy Friday! We first highlighted Independence Park and some of its history in Fact Friday #5. This week's post will be both a review and an addition.  Established in 1905...

Fact Friday 149 - Another Look at Independence ...

Happy Friday! We first highlighted Independence Park and some of its history in Fact Friday #5. This week's post will be both a review and an addition.  Established in 1905...

Fact Friday 148 - Elizabeth Neighborhood

Fact Friday 148 - Elizabeth Neighborhood

Happy Friday! Once known as Elizabeth Heights, the Elizabeth neighborhood on Charlotte's east side followed Dilworth as the city's second streetcar suburb in 1904. The neighborhood grew up around Elizabeth...

Fact Friday 148 - Elizabeth Neighborhood

Happy Friday! Once known as Elizabeth Heights, the Elizabeth neighborhood on Charlotte's east side followed Dilworth as the city's second streetcar suburb in 1904. The neighborhood grew up around Elizabeth...

Fact Friday 147 - Elizabeth College and Presbyterian Hospital

Fact Friday 147 - Elizabeth College and Presbyt...

Happy Friday!   Elizabeth College was founded in 1897 on land donated by a group of local investors dedicated to the suburban development of Charlotte. The private Lutheran women's college...

Fact Friday 147 - Elizabeth College and Presbyt...

Happy Friday!   Elizabeth College was founded in 1897 on land donated by a group of local investors dedicated to the suburban development of Charlotte. The private Lutheran women's college...

Fact Friday 146 - North Brevard Street

Fact Friday 146 - North Brevard Street

Happy Friday! Another victim of the notorious urban renewal of the 1960s and 1970s, North Brevard Street is now a pathway to the Spectrum Center, running parallel to the new...

Fact Friday 146 - North Brevard Street

Happy Friday! Another victim of the notorious urban renewal of the 1960s and 1970s, North Brevard Street is now a pathway to the Spectrum Center, running parallel to the new...

Fact Friday 145 - Victor Cotton Mill and Charlotte's First Class-Segregated Neighborhoods

Fact Friday 145 - Victor Cotton Mill and Charlo...

Happy Friday! Victor Cotton Mill was the model of a new style of mill construction. The Victor Mill was part of a major expansion of Charlotte's industrial core that occurred...

Fact Friday 145 - Victor Cotton Mill and Charlo...

Happy Friday! Victor Cotton Mill was the model of a new style of mill construction. The Victor Mill was part of a major expansion of Charlotte's industrial core that occurred...

Fact Friday 144 - First Presbyterian Church

Fact Friday 144 - First Presbyterian Church

Happy Friday! First Presbyterian Church is the first and most important church in uptown Charlotte. Most of the earliest settlers of Mecklenburg County were white Scotch Irish Presbyterians who migrated...

Fact Friday 144 - First Presbyterian Church

Happy Friday! First Presbyterian Church is the first and most important church in uptown Charlotte. Most of the earliest settlers of Mecklenburg County were white Scotch Irish Presbyterians who migrated...