The Hub of High Point

Print, Photographic
2000.006.049
Photograph, black and white, depicting the 100 block of North Main Street from the roof of the Elwood Hotel. Automobiles and trolleys are visible on the street. The buildings on the left are unidentifiable. A sign reading "The Rainmaker" leans aga... View Full Record
Negative
2000.006.135 A-C
Corner of High/Broad & North Main, looking east across the railroad tracks. Buildings in background show signage for Belk (120 North Main) and Wachovia. Pre-1937 (tracks are at street level). Railroad operational tower to the left, people working on... View Full Record
Postcard
1991.039.004
Postcard, black and white photograph of trains and in white text, "Looking North from R.R. Station High Point, N.C." White border. Photo taken from a high vantage point.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1966.029.004 S
Duplicate number. Two items have this number: 1-Photograph, black and white, Elwood Hotel. The photo shows a large, four-story building with four small balconies, two fire escapes, and many windows, some of which are thin and rectangular, others... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2003.042.016
Photograph, black and white, depicting a large crowd of people gathered around a train stopped at the Main Street crossing. Several men can be seen standing on the platform at the end of the train; among them is President Theodore Roosevelt. A smal... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2002.078.001
Photograph (copy), black and white, depicting the exterior of the High Point Train Depot. Two boxcars are parked on the nearby tracks at far right. Three men in suits stand beside the tracks at center. Four other men stand in front of the station... View Full Record
Postcard
1987.013.003
Postcard, Southern Railway Depot, High Point, NC. Obverse shows colorized image of Depot, with train on tracks, people outside the Depot, and downtown buildings in the background. Caption in black ink printed on lower proper right margin reads "SOU... View Full Record
Negative
2003.065.003
High Point depot before tracks were lowered. Train is pulling into the station. Charlie Gurley is holding his arm out and a sign that says stop. People are standing at the station waiting for the train. 6/2014 - Taken c. late 1930s during the... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2000.006.007
Photograph, black and white, looking south along the 100 block of South Main Street. Trolley tracks run down the center of the street. Many cars are parked along the side of the road. On the left are the Southern Furniture Exposition Building and t... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1984.067.003
Photograph, black and white, depicting the lowering of the railraod tracks. Visible in the background are the Dixie Shoe Shop and the Piedmont Cafe. Labeled "City of High Point Dec 1 1938".... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1987.027.001
Photograph, black and white, depicting a small group of people looking from the Main Street bridge onto the railroad tracks, January 27, 1938. They are apparently watching a northbound Southern Railway train. Photographed by McMahon & Williams.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1996.022.033
Photograph, black and white, depicting the Main Street Knox Bridge and train depot, taken from southeast of the bridge, June 2, 1954. Automobiles and people are visible on the bridge, which runs across the center of the photograph. The tracks are v... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1998.028.005
Black & white photo of North Main Street, looking north from railroad tracks. Signs for Wachovia Bank and Trust and Belk-Stevens Co. can be seen on the side of two large buildings on the right. Many smaller signs can be seen hanging outside of stor... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2000.006.076
Photograph, black and white, looking south on North Main Street. Buildings and business on the left include Belk Stevens, the Elwood Hotel, and the Southern Furniture Market Center. On the right are Allen's Department Store, Security National Bank,... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1996.022.028
Photograph, black and white, looking south on South Main Street, 1954. On left are the Elwood Hotel and the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. On the right are Tobias, Allen's Department Store, and the Security National Bank. The intersectio... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2004.042.002 A
Photograph, color, depicting the back of the High Point Train Depot, underneath the wide, overhanging eaves. Along the exterior brick and stone wall are several boarded-up windows and doors. What appears to be a ticket window is also boarded up. P... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2004.042.018
Photograph, color, depicting the north side of the High Point Train Depot, facing the tracks. The photograph was taken from the platform over the tracks. The side of the Depot, in shadow, is visible, as is the retaining wall. Photograph by Robert... View Full Record