Fifth Mecklenburg County Courthouse
The fifth Mecklenburg County Courthouse is located at 700 East Trade Street. Built at a cost of one million dollars, it first opened in 1928. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company
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Discovery Place Science Museum
Discovery Place is located on North Tryon Street. This museum enables young and old alike to explore science and technology through interactive means. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Aerial Photography Services, Inc.
Elizabeth College
Elizabeth College operated in Charlotte from 1896 to 1915. It was located at the intersection of Hawthorne Lane and Elizabeth Avenue. Today the buildings are part of Presbyterian Hospital. Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: Rotograph Company
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Mercy Hospital was founded by the Sisters of Mercy of Belmont, North Carolina in February 1906. Originally it was a twenty-five bed facility in a wooden building on East First Street behind St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. The second facility, pictured here, opened in 1916 on East Fifth Street. Additions increased and by 1960, the hospital had a capacity of 300 beds. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Genuine Curteich
Aerial view Tryon Street
View of Tryon Street from the dome of the courthouse looking along Charlotte's Business District. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress
Carnegie Library of Charlotte
The Carnegie Library in Charlotte at 310 North Tryon Street opened in the summer of 1903. This building was demolished for a new library which was later remodeled and expanded in the late 1980s. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Unknown
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Charlotte Memorial Hospital as it appeared in the 1960s. Today this facility is known as Carolinas Medical Center. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Curteichcolor
Aerial view North Tryon Street
View of North Tryon Street looking northeast from Realty Building. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress
Historical marker
This marker commemorates the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and the Battle of Charlotte. Made of bronze, it is imbedded in the middle of the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets.
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Publisher: Tichnor Brothers
Camp Greene Stables on Remount Road
The United States National Guard Cantonment at Camp Greene in Charlotte, North Carolina. Camp Greene was a World War I military training camp. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: CT American Art