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The Mansion House was built in 1823 on the corner of Main and Innes Street on the site that later held the Grubb-Wallace Building.  It became known as the largest and best-known hotel in Rowan County, and it was a center of political activity.  Late…

Main Street Salisbury, N.C. Main Street Salisbury looking southwest in the early 1900s. The picture was taken before many of the electrical and telegraph lines and streetcar tracks were installed in the early part of the century. The Albertype Co.…

Main Street Looking North, Salisbury N.C.  This image was taken in the early 1900s, prior to the streetcars.  This area near the courthouse had a shoe store, grocer, hardware, clothing, drug store, barber shop, cotton broker, and a machinery company…

In the center of the square in Salisbury at the intersection of Innes and Main Streets was a fountain installed in 1888 for watering horses and for fire protection.  The fountain was called “Rebecca of the Well.”  It had to be moved to make way for…

Main Street, Salisbury, N.C. Looking North East In 1905, a street railway connected the city of Salisbury with Spencer, a town of growing importance.  About 1902 the Southern Development Company began building a new subdivision, Fulton Heights,…