Three generations of the Coffey family inhabited this century-old Steele Creek farmhouse. 

The first and oldest surviving building on the Johnson C. Smith University campus, the impressive Biddle Memorial Hall has been a campus landmark for more than 130 years. 

Built in 1895, the Gothic Revival-styled Carter Hall is the oldest dormitory on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University. 

The Charles Christian Hook-designed Fire Station Number 5 is one of only three pre-World War II fire stations still in operation as firehouses in Charlotte.   

Considered state of the art when completed in 1924, the Art Deco Moderne styled Vest Station water treatment plant still contributes significantly to Charlotte’s overall water system.   

The home of Johnson C. Smith University’s first Black professor, the George E. Davis House stands as a testament to the legacy of one of North Carolina’s foremost advocates for Black education. 

The Excelsior Club was the Southeast’s leading private social club for Black patrons for much of the twentieth century.   

The home of prominent Charlotte dentist and civil rights advocate Dr. Reginald Armistice Hawkins, whose efforts resulted in the desegregation of many Charlotte institutions.   

These two “shotgun” houses are rare surviving examples of the housing style that dominated Charlotte’s Black neighborhoods during much of the twentieth century. 

In addition to the town’s post office, this building housed McCoy’s Barbershop, a longtime Pineville fixture operated by former mayor C. H “Bo” McCoy.