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Number 01158 |
Scan Date 7/31/02 |
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Time Period Before 1920 |
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Subject Matter Courthouse |
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Location Monroe, North Carolina |
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Description E. H. Broome 705 Lancaster Ave. Monroe, NC 28110 (the above name/address was originally part of the notes, this may have been on the back of the photo at the time it was scanned) Note the "Armfield & Williams Law Office" logo on window. Per the 1986 “Take a tour through the old courthouse” given out at the rededication, this appears to be the offices usually rented out to county lawyers. Thus, the location would be the Main Street side of the old courthouse. The Civil War Monument was erected in 1910 on the Main Street side so the photo is before 1910. Most who look at this photo agree that it is ‘court day’ and that possibly a huge pool of jurors was being called in for a big trial. |
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Notes More notes: The curbing in this photo looks like the same curbing in the photo found on page 8 in the 1902 "Sketches of Monroe and Union County" by Stack & Beasley. Frank Armfield, per article in “Sketches” book, p. 68, began practicing law in Monroe in 1894. The “firm of Armfield & Williams” is mentioned in the article. By 1920 he had moved his practice to Concord, N.C. (per census research). He died in 1962 and is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in High Point, NC.
Time period & Notes revised 10/22/2015 –P.Poland |
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Measurements of original photograph |
Height 8" |
Width 10" |
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Type of photograph Black and White |
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