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Ivey's Department
Store. UTM: 17
514340E 3898113N Joseph Benjamin
Ivey, the son of a Methodist minister, came to Charlotte at the
turn of the last century to take advantage of the booming local cotton
economy. His first store opened in rented space on February 18,
1900. This large store building opened for business at North Tryon
and Fifth Sts. in 1924. All the other large department stores of
that era in Center City Charlotte -- Belks and Efirds -- have moved to
the suburbs or no longer exist. Consequently, the Ivey's
Department Store, designed by William Peeps, is the only structure that
documents the crucial role of department stores in the emergence of
Center City Charlotte as a major retail district in the early 20th
century. The building has recently been converted into
condominiums and has lost its interior integrity. |
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