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
The Survey Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 17, 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.
June 17, 2020 – 6:00 p.m.
1. Chair’s Report: Len Norman
2. Director’s Report: Jack Thomson
3. Senior Preservation Planner’s Report: Stewart Gray
4. Update on the Beatties Ford Road Corridor Study
Beatties Ford Road Corridor Survey Project
Washington Heights Survey Spreadsheet
Beatties Ford Road Survey Spreadsheet
University Park Historical Essay
University Park Survey Spreadsheet
University Park Area Recorded Map
5. Ashford House, 241 Hoskins Avenue Drive, Charlotte, N.C.
Ashford House
6. 857 Belmont Avenue, Charlotte, N.C.
Additional Photographs of Property
857 Belmont Avenue
The Committee will consider adding this property to the Historic Landmarks Commission’s Study List of Prospective Historic Landmarks.
7. Old Business
8. New Business
Note: This meeting has been cancelled. Please call the HLC office at 980-314-7660 with any questions or concerns.
Draft Agenda
March 18, 2020 – 6:00 p.m.
1. Chair’s Report: Len Norman
2. Director’s Report: Jack Thomson
3. Senior Preservation Planner’s Report: Stewart Gray
4. Update on the Beatties Ford Road Corridor Study
5. Ashford House, 241 Hoskins Avenue Drive, Charlotte, N.C.
Ashford House
6. Old Business
7. New Business
January 22, 2020 – 6:00 p.m.
1. Chair’s Report: Len Norman
2. Director’s Report: Jack Thomson
3. Senior Preservation Planner’s Report: Stewart Gray
4. Update on the Beatties Ford Road Corridor Study
Beatties Ford Road Survey Spreadsheet
Washington Heights Survey Spreadsheet
5. The Kimberlee, 1300 Reece Road, Charlotte, N.C.
Additional Photographs of Property
A group of the owners in the building’s co-op is interested in preservation options for the historic building.
The Kimberlee
6. Arthur Samuel Grier House, 421 Montrose Street, Charlotte, N.C.
The Committee will consider updating the designation report for this property.
Arthur Samuel Grier House
7. Consideration of Funding for Survey and Research Reports
a. Huntersville Rosenwald School, 508 Dellwood Drive, Huntersville, N.C.
Huntersville Rosenwald School
b. Ca. 1936 YMCA Building, 416 E. 3rd Street, Charlotte, N.C.
YMCA Building
8. Charlotte Modernist Survey
The Committee will consider whether to contact all owners of the short list of important properties to gauge their interest in historic landmark designation.
9. Consideration of Potential Historic Resources in Druid Hills
Map of the Druid Hills Neighborhood
2115 Edison Street
2120 Edison Street
10. Update on Mecklenburg County GIS
11. Old Business
12. New Business