August 14, 2020
The Charlotte Museum of History Preservation Awards, scheduled for August 20, celebrate restoration and building projects in the greater Charlotte region that exemplify the best of historic preservation. By shining a light on successful preservation projects that enrich our communities culturally and economically, the awards encourage everyone who calls Charlotte ‘home’ to save our historic built environment.
We encourage your participation and support of this worthy program of the Charlotte Museum of History and hope you will join the event! You can see your opportunities to participate and support the awards program at the link below. You might even see a familiar face as the emcee of the event!
For tickets and more information: The Charlotte Preservation Awards
August 13, 2020
The Board of Eden Cemetery Company invites you to attend the 118th Founders Day Celebration (virtual) on Friday, August 14, 2020 beginning at 2:00 pm. This year we are hosting two exciting programs.
The first program at 2:00 pm is a celebration of Eden’s 118 years of Service and Stewardship.
Lenwood Sloan, Cultural Specialist, Executive Director of the Commonwealth Monument Project, and Producer of the Frances Project, will be the guest speaker and honoree. Mr. Sloan will be presented with Eden’s Founders Day Award of Appreciation for his commitment to cultural agency, his willingness to pursue the objective of freedom, and his continuing support of Eden Cemetery.
The second program at 3:00 pm is a panel discussion entitled: “African American Cultural Landscapes: A Dialogue on Memorials, Monuments, and Cemeteries”. Panel participants include: Chapman-Smith, Catto Memorial Fund – lead for education initiatives and formerly National Archives Mid Atlantic Regional Administrator; Azzurra Cox, Designer and Landscape Architect, National Olmstead Scholar, and consultant to the Greenwood Cemetery Preservation Association; P. Gabrielle Foreman, Professor of American Literature and African American Studies and History at Penn State University and Founding Director of the Colored Conventions Project; Ivan Henderson, Vice President of Programming at the African American Museum of Philadelphia; Lenwood Sloan, Executive Director of the Commonwealth Monument Project and Producer of the Frances Project; and Adrienne Whaley, Senior Manager, K-12 Education at the Museum of the American Revolution and member of the Dinah Memorial Project Committee at Stenton.
Please use the links to find out more about Eden Cemetery, each program, and to register for each program.
Founders Day Celebration
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/115348344002
Founders Day Panel Discussion
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/115350548596
Both programs are being held using the Zoom platform.
Historic Eden Cemetery
1434 Springfield Road
Collingdale PA 19023
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
Octavius V. Catto
Commonwealth Monument Project
https://digitalharrisburg.com/commonwealth/
Greenwood Cemetery
https://www.lafoundation.org/news/2017/03/osp-azzurra-cox
The Colored Convention Project
https://coloredconventions.org/
The Dinah Memorial Project
The Frances Project
The Survey Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday, August 19, 2020, will be a virtual meeting. Please note there will be no accommodation for any in-person attendance. If you need special accommodations, please contact the HLC office at 980-314-7660.
August 19, 2020 – 6:00 p.m.
1. Staff Report: Jack Thomson and Stewart Gray
2. Consideration of Placement on the Study List of Prospective Historic Landmarks
a. Larkwood-Chadbourn Hosiery Mill, 451 Jordan Place, Charlotte, N.C.
Additional Photographs of Property
Statement of Significance: Larkwood Silk Hosiery Mills – Chadbourn Hosiery Mills possesses special industrial significance as one of Charlotte’s largest and longest-operating hosiery producers. The enterprise’s contribution to the local economy as a manufacturer, employer, consumers of local goods and services, and taxpayer was enormous from late 1929, when Larkwood Silk Hosiery Mills’ plant commenced operations, until Chadbourn Inc. ceased production in 1978. The two-story redbrick 1929 mill features Art Deco elements such as a full-height cast-stone stepped primary entrance bay and cast stone pilasters, sills, and lintels framing large windows. The 1935 addition designed by architect George N. Rhodes and erected by Wadesboro Construction Company almost doubled the building’s size. After purchasing Larkwood Silk Hosiery Mills in February 1945, Burlington-based Chadbourn Hosiery Mills moved its headquarters to Charlotte. The concern commissioned the construction of additions in 1946, 1949, and 1962. By 1965, Chadbourn had become one of the United States’ leading hosiery producers, with an annual capacity of ninety-million-dozen ladies seamless stretch stockings. Three years later, the firm bought two neighboring Charlotte plants—Hudson Hosiery Company and Nebel Knitting Mill—resulting in a 2,500-person Mecklenburg County workforce. Although the previous owner demolished the 1946, 1949, and 1962 additions, the 1929 mill, 1935 addition, boiler room, and smokestack maintain integrity of design, setting, workmanship, materials, feeling, and association.
Larkwood-Chadbourn Hosiery Mill
Larkwood-Chadbourn Hosiery Mill
The Charlotte Observer – February 24, 1930
b. Potts Barber Shop, 21324 Catawba Ave, Cornelius, N.C.
Historical Information of Property
Potts Barber Shop
c. 2122 Roswell Avenue, Charlotte, N.C.
Historical Information of Property
Additional Photographs of Property
2122 Roswell Avenue
3. Consideration of Designation Reports
a. Johnson Sherrill Farmhouse, 21525 Shearer Road, Davidson, N.C.
Johnson Sherrill Farmhouse
Johnson Sherrill Farmhouse
Johnson Sherrill Farmhouse
b. Brooklyn YMCA Building, 416 E. 3rd Street, Charlotte, N.C.
Brooklyn YMCA Building
c. F.M. Simmons House, 625 Hermitage Court, Charlotte, N.C.
Simmons House
4. Old Business
5. New Business