Category: HISTORICAL

Here’s some comparative images of Davidson’s Lake Norman-Interstate 77 corridor circa 1961/1962 vs. today. This historical comparison should prove both entertaining and enlightening…

Here’s a unique circa 1900 vs. 2019 side-by-side view of intersection of Depot and Jackson Streets looking East on Depot towards Main Street and the Davidson College campus, next to the historic…

Whether you reside in Davidson or are just visiting our beautiful town, most people know or correctly assume the Town’s name is tied to the school – Davidson College, which was founded in 1837.

Here is some additional history on steam locomotives and their role in the Town of Davidson and the United States thru the 19th and 20th centuries:

Located just 3 blocks from Hobbs Hill in downtown Davidson, here is a Davidson landmark – a #TBT side-by-side of the “Davidson Depot” circa 1912 vs. 2019.

This is an historical image of steam locomotive engine #1289 of the Southern Railway, which in 1894 acquired the historic AT&O (Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio) Railroad that passes by Hobbs Hill Neighborhood…

The neighborhood lies adjacent to the Town’s historic railroad – originally the AT&O (Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio) Railroad, which was incorporated in 1855.

As part of historical research members of our neighborhood have recently been conducting, we generated this overlay map using a circa World War 2 aerial image of historic Westside Davidson…

Hobbs Hill lies just across Beaty Street from Lake Norman, a body of water that has historic significance to the entire region as the largest man-made lake in North Carolina!