Mecklenburg County’s Historic Landmarks Department already offers its Adventure Club so that you can visit our county’s historic properties. Now we’re launching a new initiative so that you can learn more about those properties: a brand-new book club specifically associated with the history of Mecklenburg County and North Carolina, as well as historic preservation efforts in general. We call it “Historic Bookmarks” (yes, very “punny”!). And our Historic Bookmarks book club is holding its first-ever book club meeting at Camp North End and we want you to join us! We’ll be discussing Charlotte’s role during WWII with Charlotte’s own Meredith Ritchie, author of Poster Girls, a historical fiction novel set in Charlotte during WWII and based on true but forgotten events.  

Mecklenburg County’s Historic Landmarks Department already offers its Adventure Club so that you can visit our county’s historic properties.

The in-town home of farmer and entrepreneur Barnum A. Sustare ranks among Matthews’ most sophisticated examples of the Craftsman architectural style. 

The in-town home of farmer and entrepreneur Barnum A. Sustare ranks among Matthews’ most sophisticated examples of the Craftsman architectural style. 

The Funderburk-Plaxco House is a lasting symbol of the local prominence of the Ellison James Funderburk family for more than a century in Matthews.  

The curious history of the Grier-Furr House includes a mystery, cotton farming, patent medicine, and perhaps a bit of bootleg liquor.   

Built by William H. Freeman for Carl McEwen, the McEwen-Moore Farmhouse was later re-acquired by the original builder for his own livestock. 

The one-time home of Matthews mayor Charles McLaughlin, the McLauglin-Bost House later became the family home of the Bost family for more than a century. 

The Phillips House and Morris Barn, the home of longtime Matthews postmaster Pete Phillips, is a unique early twentieth century in-town farmhouse and agricultural operation.  

Beaver Dam, the antebellum estate of William Lee Davidson, II, factors prominently in the history of both the town of Davidson and Davidson College.