Some Early Charlotte Neighborhoods A-Z

• Charlotte and its Neighborhoods Architectural survey of Charlotte’s pre-1930 neighborhoods, conducted by Thomas Hanchett in 1981 – 1986 for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Properties Commission (now Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission). Digitized, with updates added, in Summer 2026.
• Overview – The Growth of Charlotte

Uptown

• Center City, Uptown/The Four Wards (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)
• Hal Marshall Center and Phifer St., First Ward
• Pearl Street Park

Belmont/Villa Heights/Optimist Park

• Belmont, Villa Heights, Optimist Park (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)

Beatties Ford Road/Biddleville/West End /JCSU

• Beatties Ford Road corridor: history  
• Biddleville-Smallwood (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)
• West End interactive history map (vintage photos, oral histories, more)
• West End/JCSU: walking tour
• Photo collections at JCSU 
• Cedar Grove Cemetery

(see also Wesley Heights, Washington Heights, McCrorey Heights, Oaklawn Park — listed below)

Chadwick/Hoskins

• Chadwick – Hoskins (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)

Chantilly

• Chantilly (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)

Cherry

• Cherry (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)

Crescent Heights

• Crescent Heights (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)

Dilworth

• Dilworth (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)
• Dilworth/South End walking tour
• Dilworth historic district walking tour

East Charlotte

• Independence Boulevard corridor: Historic Structures Survey

Eastover

• Eastover (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)

Elizabeth

• Elizabeth (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)
• Elizabeth: walking tour
• Elizabeth: 5-Minute Video
• Elizabeth: National Register Historic District
• Independence Park in Elizabeth

McCrorey Heights

• McCrorey Heights: house-by-house history: 
• McCrorey Heights: overview essay (61 pages)
• McCrorey Heights resident Elizabeth (Libby) Randolph

Myers Park

• Myers Park (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)
• Myers Park: walking tour
• Myers Park: National Register historic distric

North Charlotte (now known as NoDa)

• North Charlotte (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)
• North Charlotte: National Register historic district
• NoDa: walking tour
• NoDa: 5-Minute Video
• Useful Information for Cotton Manufacturers (drawings of Highland Park #3 mill and village by engineer Stuart Cramer)

Oaklawn Park

• Oaklawn Park: history
• Oaklawn Park: 5-Minute Video

Plaza Midwood

• Plaza Midwood (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)
• Plaza Midwood: walking tour of The Plaza and vicinity
• Plaza Midwood: walking tour of Central Av and vicinity

Washington Heights

• Washington Heights (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)
• Washington Heights resident Lethia Jones Henderson
• Washington Heights: L.C. Coleman Park

Wesley Heights

• Wesley Heights (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)
• Wesley Heights: National Register historic district

Wilmore

• Wilmore (from book manuscript Charlotte and its Neighborhoods)