Fact Friday

Fact Friday 119 - Charlotte Memorial Hospital

Fact Friday 119 - Charlotte Memorial Hospital

Happy Friday!     In 1876, the women of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church opened the state’s first civilian hospital in Fourth Ward, called Charlotte Home and Hospital, later known as...

Fact Friday 119 - Charlotte Memorial Hospital

Happy Friday!     In 1876, the women of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church opened the state’s first civilian hospital in Fourth Ward, called Charlotte Home and Hospital, later known as...

Fact Friday 118 – Sears, Roebuck, and Company – One of Five Major Department Stores on Tryon

Fact Friday 118 – Sears, Roebuck, and Company –...

Happy Friday!   The Sears, Roebuck, and Company department store on the southwest corner of Tryon and Third streets was built in 1929. As Charlotte’s commercial district on South Tryon...

Fact Friday 118 – Sears, Roebuck, and Company –...

Happy Friday!   The Sears, Roebuck, and Company department store on the southwest corner of Tryon and Third streets was built in 1929. As Charlotte’s commercial district on South Tryon...

Fact Friday 117 - Charlotte Mecklenburg Courthouse & Wells Fargo Main

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 116 - When Hurricane Hugo Came to Town

Fact Friday 116 - When Hurricane Hugo Came to Town

Happy Friday!   I say ‘happy’ because here in the central Carolinas we are extremely fortunate not to have experienced more serious devastation and destruction at the hands of Hurricane...

Fact Friday 116 - When Hurricane Hugo Came to Town

Happy Friday!   I say ‘happy’ because here in the central Carolinas we are extremely fortunate not to have experienced more serious devastation and destruction at the hands of Hurricane...

Fact Friday 115 - Southern Bell Building & Art Deco Architecture

Fact Friday 115 - Southern Bell Building & Art ...

Happy Friday!   The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company began in Atlanta in 1879 as The Atlanta Telephonic Exchange, and by the early 1900s it served the states of...

Fact Friday 115 - Southern Bell Building & Art ...

Happy Friday!   The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company began in Atlanta in 1879 as The Atlanta Telephonic Exchange, and by the early 1900s it served the states of...

Fact Friday 114 - First National Bank Building

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...