Sugaw or Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church is located on North Tryon Street. Founded in 1755, it is one of the oldest Presbyterian churches in Mecklenburg County. The Reverend Alexander Craighead served as the first minister. This photograph is of the current church on this site and was taken on April 25, 1934. It was built in 1870.
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The Colonial Apartments were located at 512-616 North Tryon Street. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: CT Photoshop
View of Charlotte from the Daniel Augustus Tompkins Tower. He was a textile magnate and owner of the Charlotte Observer.
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Tryon Street as it appeared at the turn of the century. This scene is looking north down Tryon with Charlotte's City Hall, the tall domed building, on the right.
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This cannon was captured by the United States military in the West Indies in 1898 during the Spanish American War. It was manufactured on May 24, 1769. President William McKinley donated the cannon to Charlotte in 1900. It was placed in front of Post Office on West Trade Street. This photograph was taken on May 16, 1958. Today it is located at the Charlotte Museum of History on Shamrock Drive.
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Looking north down Dilworth Road with the Addison Apartments in the distance. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company
Northwest corner of the Square. (Intersection of Trade & Tryon Streets.)
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The Brown and Weddington Hardware Store was located on Trade Street between College and Tryon Streets. It firsts appears in the Charlotte City Directory in 1884.
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This monument honors the Fourth Division who served during WWI. It is located on the former site of Camp Greene on Wilkinson Blvd.
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The Realty Building was located at the corner of Trade and Tryon and was built in 1907. It was renamed the Independence Building in 1920 and was torn down in 1970. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Observer Printing House