Title	Elizabeth College, Charlotte, NC
Subject	Elizabeth College (Charlotte, N.C.) Women's colleges--North Carolina--Charlotte Elizabeth College (Charlotte, N.C.). Gerard Conservatory of Music
Description	View of Elizabeth College in Charlotte, NC [15029 - Souvenir Post Card Co.; green tone; undivided back; fine] Elizabeth College and Conservatory of Music for Women was founded in 1896 under the auspices of the Lutheran Church. It was a four-year institution for women. Citizens of Charlotte contributed money and land to build the College. It was located on Elizabeth Avenue and was renowned for the Gerard Conservatory of Music (building on right side of picture). The college moved to Salem in 1915, when it absorbed Roanoke Women's College, a Lutheran women's college. Presbyterian Hospital purchased the property in 1917. The first buildings were built in 1896/97 on land that had once been a plantation. The music conservatory was a popular event center for music and theater.
Object Type	Still Image
Subject - Location	Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.)
Date of material	1899-1979
Publisher	Charlotte, N.C.: J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Genre	Picture postcards
Format	image/tiff
Identifier	mb121_3_10_37f
Source	Mary Boyer Collection. J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Relation	Forms part of: Mary Boyer Collection, 1899 - 1979
Language	eng
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