Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood Association records
Collection
Identifier: MS0092
Scope and Contents
Records of a homeowners association established in 1975 to revitalize Plaza-Midwood, one of Charlotte's early streetcar suburbs. Includes subject files, minutes, financial materials, clippings, and photographs relating to the association's activities and information on the history of the neighborhood from 1914 to 1949.
Dates
- 1914 - 1991
- 1975 - 1991
Creator
- Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood Association (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Biographical / Historical
The Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood Association (PMNA) was organized in August, 1975, by residents of the Plaza-Midwood neighborhood in Charlotte. Bylaws were adopted in February, 1976.
Plaza-Midwood is an inner city neighborhood with major thoroughfares forming three of its boundaries: Hawthorne Lane on the west, Central Avenue on the south, and the commercial portion of The Plaza and Parkwood Avenue on the north. Briar Creek and the Charlotte Country Club form the eastern boundary. The focus of the neighborhood is The Plaza from Central Avenue to its intersection with Parkwood Avenue. Plaza-Midwood is characterized primarily by modest-sized homes on small lots, allowing a high-density single-family concentration.
Developed in the early 1920s as a streetcar suburb, "Chatham Estates," Plaza-Midwood's development coincided with that of Myers Park. Two prominant neighborhood families provided the impetus for the initial development of the neighborhood: the Van Landinghams (2010 The Plaza) and the Victors (1800 The Plaza). Plaza-Midwood's trolley line ran along Central Avenue to The Plaza and down Mecklenburg Avenue to the Mecklenburg Country Club (now the Charlotte Country Club). The Oakland Land Company laid out much of the street design.
During the Depression, Plaza-Midwood underwent many phases, resulting in a diverse architectural heritage. The urban flight of the 1950s and 1960s left parts of the neighborhood on the brink of decline. By the mid-1970s Plaza-Midwood residents began to group together to preserve their neighborhood.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language
English
Overview
Records of a homeowners association established in 1975 to revitalize Plaza-Midwood, one of Charlotte's early streetcar suburbs. Includes subject files, minutes, financial materials, clippings, and photographs relating to the association's activities and information on the history of the neighborhood from 1914 to 1949.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood Association, 1984. Gift of Noreen Cullen, 1986. Gift of Pat Wilson, 1989.
Processing Information
Debbie McCachern, 1984. Updated by Adria Hockenberry, 1990.
Creator
- Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood Association (Organization)
- Title
- Records of the Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood Association
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid compiled by Debbie McCachern, 1984
- Date
- 1984
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository
Contact:
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte 28223 United Stated
spec-coll@uncc.edu
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte 28223 United Stated
spec-coll@uncc.edu