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Charlotte Museum of History is a history museum located in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Originally founded to be the steward of the 1774 Alexander Rock House, the museum has since expanded its scope to cover all periods of Charlotte's history with exhibits covering everything from the history of music in the city to the experiences of soldiers from Charlotte during the 1st World War.
The displays included a one-room tenant farmer's house, a cotton mill and mill house, an African-American hospital, an early Belk department store, and a civil-rights era lunch counter. Changing exhibits focus on local culture, art and history. [4] “Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers,” the Levine’s flagship exhibition, has been preserved digitally.
4420 Hoyt Galvin Way, Charlotte, NC 28214 Myers Park Charlotte 1361 Queens Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207 North County Regional Huntersville 16500 Holly Crest Ln, Huntersville, NC 28078 Pineville Pineville 505 Main St #100, Pineville, NC 28134 Plaza Midwood Charlotte 1623 Central Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205 South Boulevard Charlotte 4429 South Blvd ...
Getty Images According to "The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Story," General Cornwallis referred to what is now the city of Charlotte, N.C., as "a Hornet's Nest of rebellion" during the Revolutionary War.
2000 – Population: 540,828. 2002 – ConCarolinas begins. 2003 – Airplane accident. 2004 Slow Food Charlotte founded. [28]Street Soccer USA headquartered in city. [29]2005 – Charlotte Bobcats Arena and ImaginOn open.
Charlotte (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə t / ⓘ SHAR-lət) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, [10] making Charlotte the 15th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida.
Old North Charlotte is a neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Old North Charlotte, contrary to its name, comprises a large section of the city's east side. Old North Charlotte is one of Charlotte's oldest neighborhoods and can trace its history back to the early 1880s when Mecklenburg's economy was still heavily reliant on the textile ...
The Charlotte Masonic Temple was “one of the most dramatic buildings in downtown Charlotte,” the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission wrote in 1980. Completed in 1914 on South ...