Number     00216

Scan Date    5/16/02

Time Period    c1919

Subject Matter    County Home

Location    off New Town Road, Monroe North Carolina

Description

The County Home as pictured on an envelope.  This building, built in 1911, was located just off the New Town Road with a long driveway.  It would be destroyed by fire January 12, 1929 (see Monroe Enquirer, 1/14/1929, p. 1).   It would be rebuilt in the same location and ready for the occupants about December 1929.

Photographer (if known)

Notes

Also see http://history.union.lib.nc.us/heritageroompictures/00991.htm and http://history.union.lib.nc.us/heritageroompictures/01172.htm

for more information.

Description & Notes added 12/9/2011; Location updated 10/8/13 - pmp

Measurements of original photograph

Height   3 1/2"

Width   5 1/8"

Type of photograph    Black and White