For more than a century, the First United Presbyterian Church has housed the successors of the original congregation members who hand-built the Gothic Revival edifice themselves.

Started in 1917, the Ratcliffe Florist Shop served uptown Charlotte from its William Peeps-designed Mediterranean Revival building from 1929 to 1989.

Includes Yorkwood, Olde Whitehall, Yorkmount, and Yorkmont neighborhoods. 

Includes Yorkshire, Palisades, Steele Creek, Griers Fork, Ayrsley, West Ayrsley, and Brown Road neighborhoods.

Includes Westmoreland, Harbor House, Westwood Forest, Moores Chapel, Arlington, Woodlea, Harwood Lane, Mountain Island, and Dixie-Berryhill neighborhoods.

The Craftsman styled Butler House evidences the history of a now-illegal racially discriminatory practice known as redlining.

Once a Ford manufacturing plant, the Camp Road property later served as an Army quartermaster depot and manufacturing facility for guided missiles and military vehicles. 

Three vintage Charlotte Fire Department fire engines show the evolution of the city’s firefighting technology and efforts.

Once Ford’s largest plant in the Southeast, the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant remained in operation for less than ten years. 

Designed by noted architect Louis Asbury, the Parks Hutchison School has served the educational needs of Charlotte’s children for more than 95 years.