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Potts Barber Shop

Potts Barber Shop recognized during Town Board meeting

Feb. 18. By Dave Vieser. The Cornelius commissioners honored the Potts Barber Shop, a mainstay of downtown for decades, at the Town Board meeting Monday. Dating back to 1926. it is the oldest Black-owned business in Cornelius. The Potts family opened up their shop at the current location in 1960. In 2022, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic […]

Potts Barber Shop / Photo by Jason Benavides

Good things have happened at Potts Barber Shop for more than half a century

HISTORY IN OUR MIDST | By Dave Vieser Nov. 12. Potts Barber Shop has been a friendly community gathering hub since it opened at its current location in 1960. So much that at one time, residents were actually able to pay their electric bills there. Its unofficial status as an important place became official in […]