Mecklenburg County is honoring a long-time pillar of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg educational community in recognition of her 107th birthday. At this week’s regular meeting, the Board of County Commissioners proclaimed Jan. 17 as “Julia Ann McKnight Teamer Day.” 

For the first time in three years, volunteers will span out across city and county streets, shelters and encampments to identify individuals who are living without homes.

The summer may be coming to an end, but home cooling bills are coming due. And with record-breaking heat this year, those bills are likely higher than usual.

The Foursquare style Hoyle House was the home of Olive Hoyle and her children following the untimely death of husband and father Reverend Enoch Marvin Hoyle. 

The founder of Belk’s department stores chose prominent Charlotte architect C. C. Hook to design one of the city’s most prominent homes.  

The family home of Revolutionary War Major John Davidson was destroyed by fire in 1886, leaving only traces of the grandest of the Catawba River plantation houses. 

Bonnie and Johnsie Shelton’s Mabonsie log building was once an isolated rural weekend getaway from the bustle of Concord Road. 

Aside from its unique Modernist style, the Tom and Mary Lu Daggy House represents an ambitious Davidson College housing plan to attract and retain faculty.  

The stylish Craftsman bungalow is a rare remnant of Tank Town, the late 19th century segregated town once located outside the Matthews town limits. 

The J.M. McMichael-designed Jennie Alexander Duplex is believed to be the city’s oldest suburban duplex.