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. 

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.