September 28, 2021
At last night’s meeting, Charlotte City Council unanimously voted to designate the Brooklyn McCrorey Branch YMCA (334 South Caldwell St.), Stafford-Holcombe Farm (Plaza Road Ext.), and Kimberlee Apartments (1300 Reece Rd.) as local landmarks. This brings the total designations in 2021 to 9 properties. We’re grateful to everyone who supported these properties throughout the designation process.
Brooklyn McCrorey Branch YMCA
Stafford-Holcombe Farm
Kimberlee Apartments
September 24, 2021
Historic Rosedale‘s Haunted History Tour tonight may be sold out but there are still three chances to visit the property (constructed early-1800s; designated in 1975) at the Haunted Happenings “Paranormal Grounds Investigation” Oct. 8 & 9 and “Victorian Funeral Haunted History Tour” Oct. 22. You’re sure to have a spooky good time! 👻
Details: https://historicrosedale.org/
September 23, 2021
Join Charlotte Museum of History for the Mad About Modern Home Tour beginning today! If you’ve been looking for a fun way to support local preservation – this is it!
Details: www.madaboutmodern.com
September 20, 2021
The weather looks to be BOO-tiful this weekend and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate the arrival of fall than at Hodges Family Farm and Pumpkin Patch (ca. 1908; designated in 1992). We hope you can stop in for a spell and enjoy all this historic farm has to offer! 👻🎃
September 14, 2021
Recently a house at 850 Concord Road in Davidson was demolished. The ca. 1945 Tudor Revival/Period Cottage was a contributing resource to the town’s National Register Historic District. In Charlotte in the historic Eastover neighborhood, the J.E. Butterworth House at 214 Cherokee Road was recently demolished. The ca. 1925 Colonial Revival-inspired house was designed by prominent Charlotte architect Martin Boyer. The original plans are available as part of the Martin Evans Boyer Papers, held by J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It appears that either the original plans were altered, or that significant changes to the house were made over its 96 year history.
850 Concord Road
214 Cherokee Road