Mecklenburg Investment Company Building

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Mecklenburg Investment Company Building
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Mecklenburg Investment Company Building, October 2016
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Location233 S. Brevard St., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°13′22″N80°50′32″W / 35.22278°N 80.84222°W / 35.22278; -80.84222
Arealess than one acre
Built1922 (1922)
Built bySmith, William W.
NRHP reference No. 82003486 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 19, 1982

Mecklenburg Investment Company Building is a historic commercial building located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922, and is a three-story, three bay by six bay, red brick building. It measures 42 feet wide and 98 feet deep. The building is associated with the "New Negro" movement and is located in the historic African-American community of Brooklyn. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Joe A. Mobley; William H. Huffman; Davyd Foard Hood & Thomas Hanchett (March 1982). "Mecklenburg Investment Company Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.