The Nancy Reid House has served as a beloved symbol of the Town of Matthews for more than a century. 

The workshop and pottery kiln of noted potter Ralph F. Outen is the last remnant of a pottery industry that thrived in Matthews for much of the 20th century. 

This impressive Craftsman-style bungalow was once the home of John Renfrow, longtime Register of Deeds for Mecklenburg County. 

The only extant reminder of Matthews’ Roseville A.M.E. Zion Church evidences decades of Jim Crow segregation that continued even beyond the grave. 

The stylish Craftsman bungalow is a rare remnant of Tank Town, the late 19th century segregated town once located outside the Matthews town limits. 

The Star of St. Matthews Lodge #566 in the Crestdale (formerly Tank Town) area of Matthews is a still-active example of the significance of fraternal organizations within Mecklenburg County’s African American community since the late 1800s.

Predating Elizabeth’s Rosemont section, the S. Bryce McLaughlin House is the only known Gustav Stickley design among the county’s designated landmarks. 

Historic properties in Charlotte's Elizabeth.

The founders of the Louis Asbury-designed Hawthorne Lane Methodist Church included several prominent members of Charlotte’s business community.  

Charlotte’s first public park was the brainchild of industrialist Daniel A. Tompkins.