Explore Charlotte’s history place by place
View the full list of places below or Browse by Category
- American Legion Memorial Stadium
- Arthur Smith Studios
- The Asian Library
- Atherton Cotton Mills
- Bank of America Corporate Center
- Big Rock Nature Preserve
- Camp Greene
- Camp North End
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Central Piedmont Central Campus
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Charlotte is Home Center
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center
- Charlotte Motor Speedway
- Charlotte US Mint
- Charlotte Woman’s Club
- Coffee Cup
- Davis General Store
- Dr. Charles L. Sifford Golf Course
- Eastland Mall
- Excelsior Club
- First Family Dollar
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- Gus’ Sir Beef Restaurant
- Hayes-Byrum Store
- Hezekiah Alexander House
- Hindu Center of Charlotte
- Islamic Center of Charlotte
- James K. Polk Site
- Johnson C. Smith University
- Lake Norman
- Lakewood Park
- Latta Arcade
- Little Rock Cultural Center
- Loomis Fargo and Company
- Manolo’s Bakery
- McDonald’s Cafeteria
- Mecklenburg Investment Company Building
- Reedy Creek Park and Nature Preserve
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad Station
- Second Ward High School
- Shalom Park
- Starlight on 22nd
- Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church
- Super G Mart
- Time Out Youth
- Torrence-Lytle School
- Treloar House
- Vest Station
- West Charlotte High School
About this Project
50 Places in Charlotte is a digital history project that tells the city’s rich story through a glimpse of fifty places throughout the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. Places represent the past and the present through existing sites and long demolished structures and travel through time from Charlotte’s earliest history to today. Through the project, we created a composite map of Charlotte, its communities, and the ways it has changed over the centuries. Each place tells a story through narrative and multimedia.
Project Team: Cliff Whitfield, Alexander Piñeres, Franky Abbott
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project was made possible by research collaboration with Brandon Lunsford and the James G. Peeler Collection at Johnson C. Smith University, Shelia Bumgarner and the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, and the Staff at the Special Collections and University Archives at J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte. This project was supported by the Knight Foundation and the Infusion Fund.
