Levine Museum of the New South

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Levine Museum of the New South — institution, appearing in the Charlotte record across 15 documented year(s).

In the record (18)

1740
According to the Museum of the Waxhaws, an epidemic of smallpox around 1740 killed so many of the Waxhaw Indians (a group affiliated with the Catawba) that the tribe disbanded and its survivors merged into the Catawba Nation and other neighboring tribes.
Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.
Catawba Nation Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
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1773
Despite lacking a royal charter, Queen's College's trustees continued to operate the school informally under the name 'Queen's Museum,' and in January 1773 inhabitants of Rowan and Mecklenburg counties petitioned to establish a 'public Seminary of Learning in the Western part of this Province,' though this second attempt produced little formal result.
Harding High School Second Ward High School Central High School Queen's College Elizabeth College Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
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1776
After independence was declared, the school in Charlotte formerly known as Queen's College/Queen's Museum became known as Liberty Hall Academy; its trustees supported the revolutionary cause, and notable students there reportedly included future North Carolina governor William R. Davie and future U.S. President Andrew Jackson.
Harding High School Second Ward High School Central High School Queen's College Elizabeth College Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame Andrew Jackson William R. Davie
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1777
The North Carolina legislature granted the Charlotte academy a proper charter in 1777, after American independence had been declared, formalizing what had operated informally as Queen's Museum/Liberty Hall Academy since the crown's 1772 disallowance.
Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.
Queen's College Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
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1837
The Charlotte Mint building stood on West Trade Street in Charlotte for nearly a century before being razed in 1933 and rebuilt, using its original façade, about three miles east near Eastover and Randolph Roads as what became the Mint Museum of Art.
Mint Museum Randolph First United States Branch Mint (site)Charlotte Branch Mint Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
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1837
The Charlotte Mint sits in the same building lineage (rebuilt/relocated) that now houses the Mint Museum Randolph, directly tying the antebellum gold-and-mint era's physical legacy to a present-day Charlotte cultural institution.
Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.
Mint Museum Randolph First United States Branch Mint (site)Charlotte Branch Mint Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
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1861
The Charlotte Branch Mint building was seized by Confederate forces at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 and was never reopened as a coining mint; the building's later relocation still houses the Mint Museum of Art today.
Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.
Mint Museum Randolph First United States Branch Mint (site)Charlotte Branch Mint Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
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1866 · 1866-12-01
The Charlotte Museum of History states that John Wilkes repurchased the former Navy Yard property in December 1866 and operated an iron works there until relocating operations to West Trade Street in 1875 — a later repurchase date than the NC DNCR's 1865 account.
Confederate Navy Yard / Mecklenburg Iron Works (site)Confederate Navy Yard Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame Jane Renwick Smedberg Wilkes John Wilkes
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1891
The Charlotte Museum of History states Good Samaritan Hospital was built in Charlotte's Third Ward with funds raised by St. Peter's Episcopal Church and its parishioners, describing it as the first private hospital in North Carolina built exclusively for the treatment of Charlotte's Black citizens.
Good Samaritan Hospital site Mecklenburg Presbytery First United Presbyterian Church First Baptist Church West Presbyterian Hospital Good Samaritan Hospital Mercy Hospital Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame St. Peter's Episcopal Church W.W. Ward Peter
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1917
No credible historical source located during this research (NC DNCR, Wikipedia, Our State magazine, WFAE, the Levine Museum of the New South, or the UNC Charlotte library's Camp Greene research guide) confirms the claim that a young Bernard Montgomery, the future British WWII field marshal, trained at or visited Camp Greene; this claim could not be verified and is treated as unsubstantiated.
Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.
Camp Greene Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
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1929
A Levine Museum of the New South digital exhibit on Camp North End instead states the Ford plant opened in 1925, ended Model T production in 1927 in favor of the Model A, and closed in 1929 following the stock market crash — a chronology that conflicts with both Camp North End's own site and The Henry Ford museum's dates.
Camp North End Ford Motor Company Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame Robert Henry
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1932
Through New Deal relief programs, Charlotte's former U.S. Mint building was relocated and reconstructed between 1932 and 1935 using Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funds, at a cost of $46,724.75, ultimately becoming the Mint Museum.
Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.
Charlotte Branch Mint Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
Source · checked 2026-08-13
1933 · 1933-03-01
The Henry Ford museum's official research guide states Ford's Charlotte assembly operation, which opened in September 1924, ceased production in March 1933, as the company shut down most domestic branch plants during the Depression.
Ford Motor Company Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame Robert Henry
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1936 · 1936-06-01
The rebuilt mint building opened on June 1, 1936 — a century after its original dedication — as the Mint Museum of Art, the first art museum in North Carolina, marking the final chapter of the original Charlotte Mint's physical structure that began the era's story in 1837.
Mint Museum Randolph First United States Branch Mint (site)Charlotte Branch Mint Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
Source · checked 2026-08-14
1936 · 1936-09-10
American Legion Memorial Stadium officially opened with the Green Pasture Rally, an event featuring President Franklin D. Roosevelt; National Archives WPA project records (Project OP #816, WP #1177) separately list the stadium's completion around September 2, 1936, with $50,000 in federal funds and a 15,000-person capacity, while the Levine Museum of the New South and Living New Deal cite total project cost of $120,000 (WPA $51,617, City of Charlotte $4,912) and a 17,000-seat capacity.
Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
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1938 · 1938-05-17
The Sullenberger Aviation Museum instead states the airport did not open until May 17, 1938, when Eastern Airlines flew the first plane into the new facility.
Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
Source · checked 2026-08-13
2019
In 2019, the Levine Museum of the New South mounted an exhibit titled 'Brooklyn: Once a City within a City,' documenting the neighborhood's history and destruction as public reckoning with urban renewal intensified alongside the newly announced Brooklyn Village redevelopment.
Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.
Levine Museum of the New South Redevelopment Commission Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
Source · checked 2026-08-13
2019 · 2019-12-17
Charlotte's Major League Soccer expansion franchise was officially awarded on December 17, 2019, in a ceremony at the Mint Museum; the club, later named Charlotte FC, is owned by David Tepper's Tepper Sports & Entertainment.
Mint Museum of Art Harvey B. Gantt Center NASCAR Hall of Fame
Source · checked 2026-08-13

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In the record (18)

According to the Museum of the Waxhaws, an epidemic of smallpox around 1740 killed so many of the Waxhaw Indians (a group affiliated with the Catawba) that the tribe disbanded and its survivors merged into the Catawba Nation and other neighboring tribes.

The North Carolina legislature granted the Charlotte academy a proper charter in 1777, after American independence had been declared, formalizing what had operated informally as Queen's Museum/Liberty Hall Academy since the crown's 1772 disallowance.

The Charlotte Mint building stood on West Trade Street in Charlotte for nearly a century before being razed in 1933 and rebuilt, using its original façade, about three miles east near Eastover and Randolph Roads as what became the Mint Museum of Art.

The Charlotte Mint sits in the same building lineage (rebuilt/relocated) that now houses the Mint Museum Randolph, directly tying the antebellum gold-and-mint era's physical legacy to a present-day Charlotte cultural institution.

The Charlotte Branch Mint building was seized by Confederate forces at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 and was never reopened as a coining mint; the building's later relocation still houses the Mint Museum of Art today.

The Charlotte Museum of History states that John Wilkes repurchased the former Navy Yard property in December 1866 and operated an iron works there until relocating operations to West Trade Street in 1875 — a later repurchase date than the NC DNCR's 1865 account.

The Charlotte Museum of History states Good Samaritan Hospital was built in Charlotte's Third Ward with funds raised by St. Peter's Episcopal Church and its parishioners, describing it as the first private hospital in North Carolina built exclusively for the treatment of Charlotte's Black citizens.

Through New Deal relief programs, Charlotte's former U.S. Mint building was relocated and reconstructed between 1932 and 1935 using Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funds, at a cost of $46,724.75, ultimately becoming the Mint Museum.

The Henry Ford museum's official research guide states Ford's Charlotte assembly operation, which opened in September 1924, ceased production in March 1933, as the company shut down most domestic branch plants during the Depression.

The rebuilt mint building opened on June 1, 1936 — a century after its original dedication — as the Mint Museum of Art, the first art museum in North Carolina, marking the final chapter of the original Charlotte Mint's physical structure that began the era's story in 1837.

The Sullenberger Aviation Museum instead states the airport did not open until May 17, 1938, when Eastern Airlines flew the first plane into the new facility.

In 2019, the Levine Museum of the New South mounted an exhibit titled 'Brooklyn: Once a City within a City,' documenting the neighborhood's history and destruction as public reckoning with urban renewal intensified alongside the newly announced Brooklyn Village redevelopment.

Charlotte's Major League Soccer expansion franchise was officially awarded on December 17, 2019, in a ceremony at the Mint Museum; the club, later named Charlotte FC, is owned by David Tepper's Tepper Sports & Entertainment.