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Macadamized Roads #1
Macadam is an angular aggregate of stone used for paving without any binding medium to hold the stones together. The macadamized road consisted of multiple layers of crushed stone: the largest stones at the bottom, then another layer of fist-sized…
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…
Faculty Avenue
Monroe Street, formerly Statesville Road and College Avenue, was commonly known as “Faculty Avenue.” This area is part of the Livingstone College Historic District. The first home pictured was that of James E. K. Aggrey, member of the faculty, and…
Ballard Industrial Hall
Ballard Industrial Hall was constructed in 1887 from bricks made from the clay pits on campus. Students in the Industrial Department performed most of the work. The building was named for Stephen F. Ballard and has been used as a main classroom…
Joe Ballard #2
Joe Ballard, born December 20,1825, worked as a skilled blacksmith until he was a very old man. He was a weather prophet, politician and philosopher and one of Salisbury’s most notable citizens. He died February 25, 1917 and was buried with Masonic…
Joe Ballard #1
Joe Ballard, born December 20, 1825, was a beloved figure in Salisbury. He was the slave of Miss Margaret Ballard who married John M. Horah, Clerk of Superior Court. Ballard continued working for them after the Civil War had ended. He was a skilled…
Empire Hotel #3
Empire Hotel, Salisbury, N.C.
No series noted.
Empire Hotel #2
Empire Hotel, Salisbury, N.C.
No series noted.
Empire Hotel #1
Empire Hotel Salisbury N.C.
No series listed.
An early view with the twin domes on the roof.
History of the Empire Hotel
The Empire Hotel began as the Boyden House. Nathaniel Boyden started the building in 1855 and according to an ad in the…
Old Rowan House
According the Heritage of Rowan County, the Rowan House was built in 1772 by carpenter Joseph Atkins for Henry Hughes. Legend has it that Andrew Jackson lived at the Rowan House while studying law under Spruce Macay and that Jackson played cards…
Mansion House Corner
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…
Washington Building
Washington Building, Salisbury, N.C.
The Washington Building on North Main Street was built in 1902 and described as being in the Richardsonian Romanesque style with rusticated ashlar facings. Rusticated ashlar refers to roughly finished cut stones…
Main Street #4
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.…
Confederate Monument
Confederate Monument Salisbury, N.C.
Located at West Innes and Church Streets, “Fame,” the Confederate monument, honors Rowan County’s soldiers who fought heroically in the Civil War. The sculptor was Frederick W. Ruckstuhl and the statue stands 14…
Painting the Stand-Pipe
Painting the Stand-Pipe, Salisbury N.C.
The Stand-Pipe, a noticeable land mark in Salisbury for many years, was located on West Fisher Street between Church and Main Streets. A standpipe is a tank or pipe for holding water in an elevated position to…
South Main Street from the Grubb Building
South Main Street, from Grubb Building. Salisbury N.C.
Theo. Buerbaum would often go to a location and just aim his camera in four different directions. Apparently after the Grubb Building was completed, he went to the top and photographed the city…
Main Street #3
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…
Corner Jackson and Fisher Streets
On the corner of Jackson and Fisher Streets was the home of Leo Cohen Wallace, Sr. (ca 1910-15). To the rear of the Wallace home is the home of Richard Eames, Jr. on South Jackson Street. Today, both houses are still standing and the Rowan Public…
Looking North from Grubb Building, showing Sanatorium
Viewing Salisbury from atop the Grubb Building in the early 1900s. Looking north shows the First Baptist Church and the Whitehead-Stokes Sanitarium.
No series no. The Albertype Co. Brooklyn, NY
Source: Sides, Susan Salisbury and Rowan County…
Main Street #2
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…
Grubb Building
Salisbury distiller Clay Grubb began construction of his “skyscraper” in early 1900 at the corner of Main and Innes Streets. The building, a Beaux-Arts styled commercial building, stands seven and one half stories tall. Joseph Fels, millionaire…
Main Street #1
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,…
Meroney's Theatre
Meroney Theatre Home of the Masons and Old Hickory Club, Seating Capacity 1200
The second Meroney Theatre opened in 1905 on South Main Street. The first Meroney Opera House had been owned by brothers T. J. and P.P Meroney, who purchased a building…
Court House
Court House, Salisbury N.C.
No series—Pub. by Theo Buerbaum, Salisbury N.C.
The Rowan County Courthouse built in 1855 is one of North Carolina’s most important Greek Revival buildings. Local contractors Conrad & Williams erected the structure. …
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…
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…
Kesler Cotton Mill
The Kesler Cotton Mill was organized in 1895. It was named for Tobias Kesler, a wealthy farmer and the mill’s largest stockholder. Other stockholders included Napoleon Bonaparte McCanless, D. R. Julian, O. D. Davis, and the Rev. Francis Murdock. …
First Methodist Church and Parsonage
The First Methodist Church was formed between 1780 and 1784 as part of the Yadkin Circuit. The church building and parsonage pictured here were approved for construction in 1857. A. B. Herndon designed this Romanesque style church. It was…
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…
Baptist Church
Baptist Church, Salisbury, NC
The First Baptist Church was organized in 1849 with eighteen charter members. The Jersey Baptist Church of Davidson County provided guidance for this. In 1892, a one-room building was erected at North Church and West…
Faith Reformed Church
The cornerstone of Faith Reformed Church, located at the corner of West Horah and South Church Streets, was laid September 2, 1897. The church name changed to First Reformed Church on May 4,1919. In 1934, the church became First Evangelical and…
Advertising Card #2
On the reverse side of this picture is Theo Buerbaum’s Book Store ad: “School books, school-stationery, photo and autograph albums. Largest stock of Christmas goods in Salisbury, wedding and birthday cards, picture frames made to order, all sizes…
Advertising Card #1
An image of someone who must have been recognizable at the time, but we have been unable to identify him thus far. On the reverse side of this card is Theo Buerbaum’s Book Store ad: “School books, school-stationery, photo and autograph albums. …