A rare example of Prairie Style design in Mecklenburg County, the Oakley House was the home of several prominent twentieth-century Pineville families. 

Pineville’s Park Avenue neighborhood is the finest surviving collection of early twentieth-century mill houses in Mecklenburg County. 

Pineville’s Main Street commercial corridor served as the economic backbone and social center for Pineville residents for much of the twentieth century. 

This combination hotel and grocery store was one of several Main Street commercial enterprises operated by Pineville entrepreneur William A. Yandell during the twentieth century. 

The home of local entrepreneur and Pineville co-founder Samuel Younts also served as a community hospital during the mid-twentieth century. 

The Cornelius High School Agriculture Building represents Mecklenburg County’s early twentieth century efforts to modernize farming through agricultural technology and education.

The Fidler House is Cornelius’ best preserved example of the Craftsman-style bungalows once prevalent across Mecklenburg County.

The Stough-Cornelius/Potts Barber Shop building offers a unique narrative of Cornelius’ history, ranging from the rise and fall of the southern cotton industry to the end of Jim Crow segregation.

Built on property granted by King George II of England, Potts Place has remained in the Potts family for seven generations.

The Smithville Rosenwald School building, part of a grassroots anti-segregation effort, has served the local community as a school and community center since 1922.