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All of these buildings were demolished. The blocks west of Myers Street became part of the Metro School complex. The blocks east of Myers Street became part of the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center and adjacent parking lot.
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South Brevard Street (east side only)
1) 401 - Brevard Street Library
2) 409 - Jackson's Barber Shop
As a young man, Charles Manuel Grace sailed by ship from West Africa and arrived in the Unites States sometime around 1903.
He traveled throughout the eastern US and spread his gospel. During the 1920s, he visited the thriving city of Charlotte and saw an opportunity to begin a new church that would reach out to the area's growing population.
The division of Charlotte into four wards was a natural progression. The crossroads Trade and Tryon Streets had long existed as trading paths. The young city grew up around them and naturally divided into the four wards that became Charlotte's first neighborhoods, each with its own personality.
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South Brevard Street (east side only)
(4th Street intersects)
205 - Presson Tire Co.
215 - Aurelia Williams, formerly Home of Dr. J. T. Williams
217 - Home of Andrew B. Kerns
223 - Grace AME Zion Church
Dr. E. French Tyson home, 907 S. Brevard St.
Dr. Tyson practiced medicine in Brooklyn from 1913 until the 1950s. His office was in the MIC Building on S. Brevard St.
The Diamond family in their Stonewall St. living room (children Vermelle and Kenneth, Jr., with parents, Cora and Kenneth,Sr.).
This photo was part of an insurance ad campaign in 1937. According to the ad, an adult could be insured against hospital expenses for 75 cents per month; for each child the premium was 25 cents.
The Diamond House, 616 E. Stonewall St.