DAVIDSON HISTORY
Manufacturing Comes to Davidson
DAVIDSON HISTORY Many Davidson residents know that the building that houses the Rumor Mill Market used to be a shingle plant – a plant that has been leaking toxic asbestos into the surrounding neighborhood for decades. Before that, however, the building housed the...
read moreDavidson College Commencement, 1850
DAVIDSON HISTORY During the mid-19th century, graduation exercises at Davidson College used to be quite a spectacle. People across the region came to enjoy the beautiful town and hear the scholarly declamations. A report published in the Charlotte Journal on...
read moreThe Early Years of Davidson College
DAVIDSON HISTORY On August 18, 1837, a year after Davidson College was established, the Charlotte Journal published an interesting article on the fledgling college. “It may be remarked that manual labor is required of the Students of this Institution in connection...
read moreDavidson College During the Civil War
DAVIDSON HISTORY On March 10, 1863, Charlotte’s Western Democrat published an interesting account of conditions at Davidson College in the midst of the Civil War. Everything written below is from the Western Democrat article and the punctuation is as written in...
read moreThe Chairman Blake House
DAVIDSON HISTORY The Chairman Blake House, a white antebellum house now located on Chairman Blake Lane, was originally located at 127 South Main Street. It was reportedly built and first occupied by John Rennie Blake, who taught astronomy at Davidson College. The...
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