Plan your visit
- Recorded location
- Roughly Bounded By Central Ave., Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, E. 5th St., Kenmore Ave., Park Dr., And E. Independence, Charlotte
- Official information
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| Recorded address | Roughly Bounded By Central Ave., Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, E. 5th St., Kenmore Ave., Park Dr., And E. Independence, Charlotte |
|---|---|
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| National Register | ref 88003003, listed 1989-01-03 |
| Research depth | dossier, independently sourced |
What we established, and from where
Elizabeth is not one planned subdivision but five contiguous ones, platted and opened for sale between 1891 and 1915.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
The nomination names Elizabeth Heights (1904) and Rosemont (1915) among the component subdivisions, whose original edges often followed the farm tracts they were carved from.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
The streetcar ran along East Seventh Street and Hawthorne Lane, the district's broadest streets, while most others are 50 or 60 feet wide.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
A proposal to extend trolley service along Clement Avenue was never carried out.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
House building sped up after the 1903 extension of the East Trade Street trolley line.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
Building East Independence Boulevard in the late 1940s destroyed or forced the relocation of numerous early buildings.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
Piedmont Park and its Sunnyside Rose Garden were lost to the boulevard's construction.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
The primary source
The National Register nomination is the fullest account of this property that exists, written by a researcher and reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Office. The nomination (National Park Service).
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