local history
Black History Month observances Saturday include plaque for Potts Barber Shop
Feb. 25. The town will celebrate Black History Month with a special event called “Embracing Heritage” from 1 pm to 3 pm Saturday, Feb.26 at Town Hall. Special presentations: —HEARTS Park: Abigail Jennings will be sharing the vision for HEARTS Park in Huntersville. —Potts Barber Shop Historic Designation: Regarded as the oldest ongoing Black-owned business […]
Deadline to save Cornelius tenant farmhouse is Feb. 1
Dec. 22. By Dave Vieser. Preserve Mecklenburg, which hopes to save the tenant house at the old Alexander Farm at West Catawba and Westmoreland, would move the historic structure to a site near the Cedar Grove mansion on Gilead Road in Huntersville. The deadline is apparently Feb. 1. “There were many sharecroppers at Cedar Grove,” […]
