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Salisbury in the 1930s and 1940s
Winsel O. Black
Winsel O. Black – First African-American doctor to practice at Salisbury’s hospital. Black relocated to Salisbury from Asheville in the early 1960s and opened numerous practices in his forty-plus years practicing medicine. When he started practicing…
Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium #3
Another view of the enlarged Whitehead Stokes Sanatorium.
The Albertype Co. Brooklyn N.Y.
Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium #2
Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium, opened in 1899 as a 40-bed facility, grew to a 60-bed hospital by 1921. Located at the northeast corner of Fulton and Liberty Streets, it served the community until Rowan Memorial Hospital was opened in July of 1936.
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Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium #1
Entrance to the Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium
Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium was opened in 1899 at the northeast corner of Fulton and Liberty Streets. The 40-bed facility was named Dr. John Whitehead and Dr. J.E. Stokes who ran the facility along with…
Vance Cotton Mill
Named in honor of Governor Zebulon Vance, the Vance Cotton Mill was organized in 1891 by N. B. McCanless, D. R. Julian, Dr. C. M. Van Poole, Julius Lineberger, Rev. Francis Murdoch, and others. It was located at 1303 North Lee Street. Murdoch was…
Thomas Howard Wholesale Grocery wagon
Thomas Howard Wholesale Grocery wagon. Date unknown circa 1910-1920.
Stone Masons
Stone masons – Laborers laying granite blocks in front of the Salisbury Depot in the early 1900s.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church #5
Episcopal Church, Salisbury N.C.
This view is hand-colored and of a larger format than the other postcards. It also shows the additions made in 1909.
Albertype Post Card
St. Luke's Episcopal Church #4
St. Luke’s Parish, established by act of Colonial Assembly, 1753, extending West to Pacific Ocean, Salisbury N.C.
This is the black and white version of an early view of the church.
Raphael Tuck & Sons’ Postcard Series No. 0201 “Salisbury,…
St. Luke's Episcopal Church #3
Cedar of Lebanon in the Yard of the Residence of Rev. F. J. Murdoch, Transplanted from Palestine 50 years ago, Salisbury N. C.
In 1846, Francis Johnstone. Murdoch was born in Asheville, North Carolina to Irish parents. He attended the Citadel and…
St. Luke's Episcopal Church #2
St. Luke’s Parish, established by and act of Colonial Assembly, 1753, extending to the Pacific Ocean West, Salisbury N.C.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 131 West Council St., just one block west of the old court house and community building. Formed in…
St. Luke's Episcopal Church #1
91297 Published by Theodore Buerbaum, Salisbury, N.C. GermanyThuya Orientalis in Episcopal Church Yard, Salisbury N.C. 65 feet high
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, is one of Salisbury’s oldest and most historic churches.
Created in 1753 by and act of…
Spanish Influenza 1918 YouTube Presentation
A presentation of the Spanish Flu 1918 in Rowan County given by Gretchen Beilfuss Witt and Paul Birkhead
Spanish Flu 1918 with Narrative
Rowan County & the 1918 Spanish Influenza
Slide 1 & 2. Title & Timeline
At the time of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, the world was still at war. Soldiers returning from overseas were the first to contract the flu and the virus initially…
Spanish Flu 1918 Narrative
A narrative of the Spanish Flu 1918 in Rowan County
Spanish Flu 1918
A summary of Rowan County's battle with the Spanish Flu of 1918.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
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Section Two / Butner Map of Salisbury
Map of Salisbury, NC
Section Three / Butner Map of Salisbury
Map of Salisbury, NC
Section One / Butner Map of Salisbury
Map of Salisbury, NC
Section Four / Butner Map of Salisbury
Map of Salisbury, NC
Section Five / Butner Map of Salisbury
Map of Salisbury, NC
Salisbury Cotton Mill
Salisbury Cotton Mill was built in 1888 and operated continuously for 111 years at the same location, 705 South Railroad Avenue. The mill was founded as the result of a revival meeting that took place in Salisbury at the Farmer’s Warehouse in…
Rules Governing Management Flu - Yadkin Valley Herald Clipping
Newspaper Clipping:
Rules Governing Management Flu Yadkin Valley Herald, Salisbury NC Nov 22, 1918
Adopted by the Rowan County Board of Health for Parents, Guardians, Householders and Adults Capable of Transmitting the Disease.
The…
Rules Governing Management Flu Yadkin Valley Herald, Salisbury NC Nov 22, 1918
Adopted by the Rowan County Board of Health for Parents, Guardians, Householders and Adults Capable of Transmitting the Disease.
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Rice Monument
Chestnut Hill Cemetery is the burial place of Cathew Albert Rice (born March 9, 1857, died February 2, 1907) and his wife Carolina V. Marsh Rice (born June 7, 1863, died March 14, 1946). The monument was made by Carolina Marble & Granite Co.
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Rev. James Morton
Rev. James Morton – Relocated to Salisbury in 1909 to head up Church Street Presbyterian. He oversaw the development of the congregation and construction of a new building. The congregation stayed there until migrating to a yet-larger building when…
Residence of W. S. Blackmer
The Walter Steele Blackmer residence was located at 425 West Horah Street. Walter Steele and Clara de Roulhac Alderman Blackmer had three sons, Walter, Sidney, and Luke. Blackmer, a local businessman, was the son of Luke Blackmer, a prominent local…
Residence of U.S. Senator Lee S. Overman
This stately home was located at the corner of West Innes and South Ellis Streets and was the residence of Lee Slater Overman, a United States Senator. The house was torn down to build a bank.
Lee Slater Overman was born in Salisbury. He was…
Residence of the late E. B. C. Hambley
The Hambley-Wallace house was built for Egbert Barry Cornwall Hambley, an English mining engineer in 1902. The two-and-a-half story yellow brick Jacobean styled structure was designed by Charles Christian Hook, a Charlotte architect, and built by…
Residence of Mayor A. H. Boyden
The A. H. Boyden House at 204 S. Church Street was most likely built by one of the previous owners of the property, possibly Adlai Osborne or Spruce Macay, and added to by later owners. It is known that A. H. Boyden made further additions to the…
Residence of James Hill Ramsay
The residence of James Hill Ramsay, located at 208 South Fulton Street, is now the Rowan Oak House, a Bed & Breakfast. Built in 1901, the house is an elegant Queen Anne Victorian featuring wrap-around porch, and leaded and stained glass…
Residence of Hon. R. Lee Wright
The home of Honorable R. Lee Wright, located at 302 South Fulton Street, was built in 1912 by architect Louis Asbury. Asbury, an architect educated at Trinity College (Duke University) in Durham and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was…
Residence of Dr. W.H. Goler, D.D. President of Livingstone College
Dr. W. H. Goler was the second President of Livingstone College. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1846. He moved to Boston in 1870 as an apprentice brick-layer. In 1873, he entered Lincoln University Prep School in Pennsylvania. He received…