Number    01001

Scan Date   7/22/02

Time Period   Oct. 23, 1925

Subject Matter    Aerial Picture

Location    Monroe, North Carolina

Description 

Cover picture used on "Monroe and Union County Magazine Section of The Monroe Journal"
 

Photographer (if known)

Notes
Number key:

1.     1. Union County Courthouse

2.      2. Monroe Hotel (Joffre)

3.      3. U. S. Post Office (in 1925)

4.      4. Efird Dept. Store Bldg. (in 2012, SunTrust Bank on this lot)

5.      5. Monroe City Hall (in 1925)

6.      6. Monroe Journal Bldg.

7.      7. Henderson Roller Mills

8.      8. Lutheran Church (in 2012, Faulkner Drugs on this lot)

9.      9. Old Redfern Home – in 2002 owned by Mrs. Madge Redfern Benson

10.   10. Jim Fairley Home (1st brick house in Monroe)

11.   11. R. V. Houston (home)

12.   12. E. M. Griffin Stable (in 2012, Frontier Telephone on this lot)

13.   13. Lee & Lee Building

14.   14. Belk Brothers

15.   15. Old (Central) Methodist Church, moved to Stewart & Windsor, used by African-American community for meeting/theatre hall

16.   16. Monroe Buggy Factory (Monroe Hardware Warehouse aka Allen Overall)

17.   17. Central Methodist (in 1925)

18.   18. Bank of Union (in 2012, United Way Building)

19.   19. Henderson Motor Co.

20.   20. Secrest Motor Co.

The First Baptist Church can be seen at the far left (not numbered).  #15 corrected and clarification of Baptist church added; list retyped by P. Poland, UCPL, 12/31/2012

Measurements of original photograph

Height   8"

Width  10"

Type of photograph   Color

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