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Charlotte (/ ʃ ɑːr ˈ l ɒ t / shar-LOT) is a city and county seat of Eaton County, Michigan.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 9,074. [5]Charlotte is in the central portion of the county on the boundary between Eaton Township and Carmel Township but is politically independent of both.
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery: Leicester: Multiple: Dinosaurs, geology, art, Ancient Egypt, natural history, world art Newarke Houses Museum: Leicester: Multiple: Local history, room settings from the 17th century and the 1950s and 70s, toys, history of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, period street scene Old Rectory Museum: Loughborough: Local
Detroit Institute of Arts. This list of museums in Michigan encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The building was used by the county government until 1976 when a new county complex located one mile north of downtown Charlotte was constructed. Restoration of the courthouse began in the 1980s, [ 3 ] and in 1993, the Courthouse Square Association took over the maintenance and care of the building and surrounding grounds.
The arrival of railroad lines - the Grand River Valley Railroad in 1868 and the Peninsular Railroad in 1870 - spurred the growth and development of Charlotte. By 1871, it was incorporated as a city. [4] This timeframe marks the construction of some of the oldest commercial buildings in the district, clustered around the courthouse.
The museum also houses a 1950s Leicester street scene modelled in Wharf Street with a number of model shops, as well as an exhibition of toys from Tudor times to the present. [ 1 ] Other collections relate to Leicester's industrial and hosiery industry, such as Corah's and Wolsey, major clothing firms in Leicester.
The owner of the long-vacant 650,000-square-foot Owens-Brockway glass plant in Charlotte is expected to reopen it to manufacture aluminum drink cans. $100M investment breathes new life into ...
In August 2015, it was announced that The Charlotte was being taken on by two real ale pub landlords from Leicester. The Charlotte opened as an independent real ale pub on 19 October 2015, serving microbrewery real ales from around the country seven days a week. [4] The Charlotte closed as a pub in February 2017 and the building became a ...