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This section of Fourth Ward contained most of Charlotte's medical
facilities in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The North Carolina
Medical College, a private school founded by Dr. Paul B. Barringer in
Davidson, North Carolina in 1887, moved to its new building in Charlotte
on October 2, 1907. The driving force behind the expansion and
relocation of the North Carolina Medical College was Dr. John Peter
Munroe, like Dr. Barringer a teacher at Davidson College. At the
official dedication of the building Dr. Munroe explained that he had
moved the school to Charlotte because "the opportunities were broader,
the scope of work broader."
Put simply, there were lots of sick people here. The architect of the new building was James McMichael, and it cost $27,000 to construct. You'll learn more about Mr. McMichael later on the tour. The North Carolina Medical College closed in Charlotte in 1914, because Dr. Munroe and his associates were not willing or able to spend the money to bring the school up to the standards required by the Carnegie Foundation.
The North Carolina Medical College was important in causing Charlotte to become a dominant medical center in this region. Seven hundred and thirty-two students attended the North Carolina Medical College. The school awarded 340 Doctor of Medicine Degree s. Among its graduates were Mary Martin Sloop and her husband, Eustace Sloop, who established a hospital at Crossnore, North Carolina. Portia McKnight, another female graduate, was a co-founder of a clinic in Sterling, Colorado.
Dr. B. C. Nalle, founder of the Nalle Clinic in Charlotte, was a member of the faculty, as were many of the leading physicians in the community. Robert H. Lafferty, an official of the institution, contended that the impetus it gave medicine in Charlotte and this section of the State was both great and lasting. The building, which now contains offices, is an excellent example of adaptive re-use.
Leave the Old Settler's Cemetery on the Poplar Street side and walk to the intersection of Poplar and Sixth Streets. Look across Poplar Street at the large brick building. This is another example of adaptive re-use, one of the major historic preservation tools used to save historic buildings, St. Peter's Hospital.
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