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St. Peters Episcopal Church and Parish House

St. Peters Episcopal Church and Parish House. Located in the 400 block of North Tryon St. It is the oldest Episcopal Church in they city. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress

Charlotte Country Club

This is an image of the Charlotte Country Club. It was founded in 1910 and originally called the Mecklenburg Country Club. The name was changed in 1917. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company

C.W. Johnston Building

Located on the 200 block of South Tryon Street, the C.W. Johnston Building was completed in 1924. It was Charlotte's largest office building with 149,000 square feet and 17 stories. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: E. C. Kropp Company

First Methodist Church

The First Methodist Church formed in 1927 with the merger of Tryon Street Methodist and Trinity Methodist. This particular building was completed in 1927 at a cost between $8000,000 and $900,000. It houses a four-manual organ, tower chimes, a 1560 seat auditorium and a educational building. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company

Charlotte Country Club

Charlotte Country Club began as The Mecklenburg Club in 1910. This first Club was located west of the city adjoining a pond on or near Stewart Creek. The activities of this early Club were confined to card games, picnics, boating, and fishing. The club moved to its present location in the Plaza Midwood neighborhood in 1931. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Observer Printing House

Tryon Street

The Realty Building on Tryon Street with an ample view of a trolley car. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Leighton & Valentine Company

First Presbyterian Church

The First Presbyterian Church. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: International Post Card Company

Charlotte Country Club

Originally called the Mecklenburg Country Club, it was founded in 1910. The name was changed to Charlotte Country Club in 1917. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Asheville Postcard and Pennant Company

Masonic Temple

Opening on October 11, 1921, the second Masonic Temple in Charlotte was designed by Willard Rogers in the Egyptian Revival style. Prior to its dismantling and demolition, after First Union purchased the property in 1987, it was the last example of Egyptian Revival architecture in North Carolina. The first Masonic Temple in Charlotte was located on South Tryon Street and the corner of Second Street. Built in 1913, at a cost of $122.750, the building was designed by Charles Christian Hook and Willard G. Rogers. J.A. Jones was the construction company.

First Presbyterian Church and Manse

First Presbyterian Church and Manse. It was named First Presbyterian after the formation of the Second Prebsbyterian in 1873. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: United States 5-1--25 Stores, Inc.