Charlotte Fire Station Number 7 is one of only three pre-World War II fire stations still in operation as firehouses in Charlotte, all designed by Charles Christian Hook.

One of the first brick commercial buildings in North Charlotte, the Hand's Pharmacy building originally housed both a pharmacy and a community meeting place.

North Charlotte’s last operational textile mill was once owned by Charles Worth Johnston, the namesake of Uptown Charlotte’s Johnston Building skyscraper.

More than 2,500 employees once produced women’s hosiery products at the Larkwood-Chadbourn Hosiery Mill plant. 

North Charlotte’s second textile mill once consumed a million pounds of cotton per year to produce its printed cotton. 

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As Matthews’ oldest commercial structure, businesses have served local residents from the Heath & Reid General Store building for more than 100 years. 

The home of the Matthews Heritage Museum is itself one of the oldest buildings in Matthews. 

Matthews’ first dedicated post office building, privately funded by the owner of the Matthews Drug Store, served the town for twenty-three years. 

For more than a century, the Matthews School building has served generations of the town’s residents, young and old.