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1) MyLocationUniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte:MainOffice,Charlotte,NC
Walk0.6mi12minstoUNCCMaryAlexanderRd&VanLandinghamRd
2) 11towardsInbound10:32AM11:16AM
TryonSt&6thSt310NTryonSt,Charlotte,NC28202

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SubjectLibrarian:AmandaBinder
CatRunden:compliancespecialistIRB(crunden@uncc.edu)

CityDataWashingtonHeights(Statistics)
http://www.citydata.com/neighborhood/WashingtonHeightsCharlotteNC.html
mapofneighborhood(centeredaroundpark)
population:1,541
overwhelminglyAfricanAmericancitizens

RegionalLinkstoCharlotteMecklenburgArea(compilationoflistsoflinks)
http://www.meckdec.org/links

WashingtonHeightsKidsFriendlyPage
http://www.cmhpf.org/kids/neighborhoods/WashHts.html
Beganasastreetcarsuburbnotaninnercityneighborhoodformiddleincomeblack
residents.C.H.Watsonin1910sandtheimportanceofelectrictrolley.Advertisements
forsuburbs,peopledrawntoIndependencePark,architectsJohnNolenandthe
OlmstedBrothers.Nozoninglaws,butsuburbsmeanttonothaveanyfactoriesnear
thembutonlyformembersoftheCaucasianrace.Risingblackmiddleclassdesired
benefitsoflivinginsuburbs.
BiddleUniversity,laterJohnsonC.Smithuniversity.
June10,1913,FreeholdRealtyusedformerfarmlandtolayoutsuburbsofwhatwould
becomeWashingtonHeights,supposedlyinhonorofeducatorBookerT.Washington.
DavisAvenue(renamedDundeenStreet)forCharloteespioneerblackprofessorDr.
GeorgeE.Davis.TateStreetblackCharlottebarberandcommunityleader,ThadL.
Tate.SandersAvenueforeitherJ.T.SandersorDr.D.JSanders(whohadjust
completedtenureasfirstblackpresidentofBiddleUniversity).DouglasStreetfor
abolitionistFrederickDouglas.
FreeholdRealtysoldthesuburbthroughservicesofC.H.Watson.Hewasoneof
Charlottesblackleadersinvolvedintryingtogetthegovernmenttocreateareform
schoolfordelinquentblackyouth.1915,heorganizedmassivecelebrationfor
anniversaryofendofcivilwarandslaveryTheFiftiethAnniversaryoftheFreedomofthe
NegrointheCountyofMecklenburgandtheCityofCharlotte,NorthCarolina"

NeighborhoodWebsite
http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Historic_Washington_Heights
itsvisionistomakeafriendlyneighborhoodthatallowsaccesstovariousbusinesses
andotheropportunitiesoutsideofthesuburb(usedtobeastreetcarsuburb)

NeighborhoodsinCharlotte(alsoonlineversion)
http://uncc.worldcat.org/title/neighborhoodsincharlotte/oclc/4800127&referer=brief_results

Charlotte:Itshistoricneighborhoods
http://uncc.worldcat.org/title/charlotteitshistoricneighborhoods/oclc/36319938&referer=brief_re
sults

SortingouttheNewSouthCity:CharlotteanditsNeighborhoods
http://uncc.worldcat.org/title/sortingoutthenewsouthcitycharlotteanditsneighborhoods/oclc/
31514176&referer=brief_results

Newtownsforold:achievementsincivicimprovementinsomeAmericansmalltownsand
neighborhoods
http://uncc.worldcat.org/title/newtownsforoldachievementsincivicimprovementinsomeam
ericansmalltownsandneighborhoods/oclc/246000&referer=brief_results

AnAfricanAmericanalbum:theBlackexperienceinCharlotteandMecklenbergCounty
http://uncc.worldcat.org/title/africanamericanalbumtheblackexperienceincharlotteandmeck
lenbergcounty/oclc/28181350&referer=brief_results

MoreResearchOnlineArchives
http://www.ncdcr.gov/archives/Public/DigitalCollectionsandPublications.aspx

JournalsthatmentionWashingtonHeights
http://library.digitalnc.org/cdm/search/searchterm/washington%20heights/field//mode/any/conn/a
nd/order/datea

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