Mecklenburg County’s largest plantation is a rare local example of the prevalent reliance upon enslaved labor across the South prior to the Civil War. 

The Torance House and Store was the first Mecklenburg County residence of the family that later owned Cedar Grove, the county’s largest plantation. 

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Opened originally as the segregated Huntersville Colored School for grades 1-11, the Torrence-Lytle School was north Mecklenburg County’s first and only public high school for African American students. 

Mecklenburg County’s second oldest Episcopal congregation worships in the 1887 St. Mark's Episcopal Church building. 

The largest surviving area that still reflects the once prevalent rural and agricultural character of Mecklenburg County. 

One of Mecklenburg County’s six surviving Rosenwald schools, Huntersville School #2 educated generations of African American children while symbolizing local resistance to segregation. 

Davidson’s oldest public school building, the Ada Jenkins School is a rare example of an African American school building from the Jim Crow era.

The Armour-Adams House offers a unique insight into the changes that drove Davidson’s evolution from the early 1800s to today. 

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