This Gothic styled church building was Charlotte’s first permanent home for the Adventist Christian denomination. 

The Bagley-Mullen House, constructed by Charlotte entrepreneur Edgar M. Andrews, is the only local example of the French Chateauresque architectural style. 

The Berryhill House was the residence of several of Charlotte’s growing class of late nineteenth century entrepreneurs. 

The oldest remaining house on Sunnyside Avenue was once the home of Reverend George Detwiler, a well-regarded Methodist minister of local and regional prominence.

The Brooklyn McCrorey Branch YMCA is one of the last surviving structures of what was once Charlotte’s thriving African American community of Brooklyn. 

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.

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