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Cary station (North Carolina)

Cary station is an Amtrak train station located in Cary, North Carolina. It is served by the Floridian, Carolinian, and Piedmont services. The station is the hub for the town's GoCary bus network. History Previous station The railroad came to Cary in 1854 with the arrival of the North Carolina Railroad. This is the northernmost track in Cary today, and it was originally built mostly by enslaved people. A second line for the Chatham Railroad was completed in 1868, creating a railroad crossing in Cary. Regular passenger service to Cary started in 1867. The Chatham Railroad constructed a passenger waiting room and warehouse in Cary by 1871. By the early 20th century, Cary residents used both railroads for daily trips to Raleigh for shopping. However, during the Great Depression, rail service was discontinued. Cary station was demolished in about 1976. It had served the Southern Railway and the Seaboard Air Line. When Amtrak passenger service to Cary resumed in 1995, there was no longer a depot. This initial Amtrak service was an infill station on the Piedmont, a state-owned regional railroad operated by Amtrak and mostly financed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Modern station In 1996, the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division erected a platform and shelter for the H Line, north of the station, at the cost of $100,000. This was just prior to the opening of the new Cary Station which cost $737,000—$637,000 from the town and $100,000 from the Triangle Transit Authority. The state-subsidized Carolinian, began serving the station in 1997, in addition to the Piedmont. In 2006, the North Carolina Department of Transportation constructed a platform on the S Line, south of the station, which allowed the Silver Star (New York–Tampa–Miami) to begin service to Cary. The town contributed $30,000 or 10% of the project's cost. The station was expanded at the cost of $2 million in NCDOT and Federal Railroad Administration funds in 2010 and 2011. The station reopened on September 1, 2011, and featured a larger waiting room, restrooms, and a staffed ticket sales window with checked baggage service. In June 2024, the station was a stop along the U.S. Open Express, which operated during the U.S. Open at course number 2 of Pinehurst Resort. On November 10, 2024, the Silver Star was merged with the Capitol Limited as the Floridian. References External links Cary, NC – Amtrak Cary, NC – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak) Cary Station – NC By Train
Cathedral of All Souls (Asheville, North Carolina)

The Cathedral of All Souls, also referred to as All Souls Cathedral, is an Episcopal cathedral located in Asheville, North Carolina, United States of America. All Souls was built by George Washington Vanderbilt II, the grandson of railroad baron, Cornelius Vanderbilt, in 1896, to serve as the local parish church for Biltmore Village, which had been developed near his Biltmore Estate, and designated as a cathedral in 1995. The Right Reverend José Antonio McLoughlin is the current bishop seated at the cathedral. The church reported 896 members in 2022 and 1,072 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $650,582 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 213 persons. History The church was established in 1896 as a member of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina. It is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Church and Parish Hall were commissioned by George Vanderbilt and designed by Richard Morris Hunt, the architect of Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate. The chancel organ was installed by the Casavant Frères organ company of Canada in 1971. The Cathedral of All Souls was designated as the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina on January 1, 1995. The Right Reverend José A. McLoughlin is the current bishop. Stained glass artists Maitland Armstrong and Helen Maitland Armstrong created three memorial stained glass windows for the south transept, honoring Maria Louisa Vanderbilt (George W. Vanderbilt's mother), architect Richard Morris Hunt, and Clarence Barker (Vanderbilt's cousin). They later created "Ecce Homo," a stained glass memorial at All Souls' Church in Biltmore, for Cornelius Vanderbilt, in 1900. The church and its parish house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as All Souls Episcopal Church and Parish House. In 2015 a major restoration project replaced the 119 year-old Ludowici roof tiles with new ones designed to match the originals. In September 2024, the cathedral was damaged during Hurricane Helene when the Swannanoa River flooded Biltmore Village. Gallery See also List of the Episcopal cathedrals of the United States List of cathedrals in the United States References External links Official site
Central Academy of Technology and Arts

Central Academy of Technology and Arts (CATA) is a public high school located in Monroe, North Carolina, and also Union County's first magnet high school. Unlike regular public high schools, students at Central Academy have the opportunity to have a major course of study in an academy of their choice that will give them a head start towards their future careers in life. The academies include Information Systems (software, hardware, and cybersecurity), Medical Sciences, Performing Arts (theater, dance, and music production and recording arts), Pre-Engineering, and Transportation Systems. Teacher Preparation was eliminated before the 2015–2016 school year. CATA is a part of Union County Public Schools, on Brewer Drive. The school was originally a career center, but now is a part of the public school system. The school was founded as a high school for grades 9–12 in 2006, with the first graduating class in 2009. Athletics Central Academy has won the following North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) state championships. References External links Union County Public Schools
Central Prison

Central Prison is a prison operated by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction in Raleigh, North Carolina. The prison, west of Downtown Raleigh, is on 29 acres (12 ha) of land and is bounded by a double wire fence with a razor ribbon on top. The Department of Public Safety website describes the original building as "castle-like." History Funding for the Central Prison was authorized during the Reconstruction era by the North Carolina General Assembly of 1868–1869. Inmates built the prison for 14 years, and granite quarried from an area outside of what would become the east wall of the prison was used to build the facility. The prison's construction was completed in December 1884; the prison, built for $1.25 million, was the first prison in North Carolina. A three-story prison industries building, housing the state license plate fabrication shop and a complete print shop, was built in the 1940s. An acute care infirmary hospital with wards for 86 patients, operating rooms, X-ray laboratories, and a pharmacy opened in the 1960s. Two mental health wings with 144 single-bed rooms opened in the 1970s. The state placed the prison under extensive renovations in the 1980s. The first phase had a price of $28.8 million. The first phase included a custody control and administration building, a maximum security housing building with 384 single cells, a central services building, and central plant utility systems. The $8.6 million second phase included a three-story working resident building, which had 192 single cells for inmates assigned to jobs within the boundaries of the prison. Location It is adjacent to Governor Morehead School, a state-operated school for the blind. Notable prisoners Death row Non-death row Otto Wood – American depression-era desperado and serial prison escapee Trystan Andrew Terrell – University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooter Jeffrey Manchester – U.S. Army veteran and spree-robber. Known as "Roofman" for his peculiar method of robbery Austin Thompson, perpetrator in the 2022 Raleigh shootings See also List of North Carolina state prisons References External links Central Prison, North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Gare de Charlotte

La gare de Charlotte est une gare ferroviaire des États-Unis, située sur le territoire de la ville de Charlotte dans l'État de Caroline du Nord. Situation ferroviaire Histoire Elle a été construite en 1961 par la Southern Railway en remplacement de l'ancienne gare qui était située dans le centre de la ville. Service des voyageurs Accueil Desserte Elle est desservie par des liaisons longue-distance Amtrak : Le Carolinian: New York (New York) - Charlotte (Caroline du Nord) Le Crescent: La Nouvelle-Orléans (Louisiane) - New York (New York) Le Piedmont: Vers Raleigh (Caroline du Nord) Notes et références Voir aussi Articles connexes Liste des gares d'Amtrak Southern Railway Lien externe (en) Charlotte, NC (CLT) Portail du chemin de fer en Amérique du Nord Portail de Charlotte
Charlotte Convention Center

The Charlotte Convention Center is a convention center located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It opened in 1995 and attracts more than half a million visitors each year. It was designed by Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates. It has 280,000 square feet (26,000 m2) of contiguous exhibit space. The Crown ballroom spans 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2), and holds between 2,400 and 4,200 people. The Richardson ballroom spans 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2), depending on setting can hold 1,748 to 3,500 people. Pre-function areas extend the ballroom space by 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2). There is also more than 70,000 square feet (7,000 m2) of flexible meeting space in 50 rooms. The LYNX and the now defunct Charlotte Trolley lines pass straight through the center of the convention center. The convention center was recently expanded to include an additional ballroom since the NASCAR Hall of Fame is connected to the convention center. Expansion In April 2017, the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority announced a $110-million expansion to the convention center. The expansion will increase the meeting space by 50,000 square feet and add a bridge for pedestrians linking the center to the Westin Hotel nearby. The project was expected to start construction in early 2019. The expansion was completed in October 2021 References External links Official website
Charlotte Plaza

Charlotte Plaza is a 388 feet (118 m) tall skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was built in 1982 and has 27 floors. It is the 20th-tallest building in the city. The Class A office building is owned by Rabina Properties, LLC. The ground and second floor are part of the Overstreet Mall, which connects to the neighboring BB&T Center via skybridge. See also List of tallest buildings in Charlotte List of tallest buildings in North Carolina References Emporis Official Site Charlotte Business Journal bnet article External links Media related to Charlotte Plaza at Wikimedia Commons
Charlotte Rugby Club

Charlotte Rugby Club, nicknamed the "Old Originals", are a rugby union team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They currently play in USA Rugby Division II, and are members of the USA Rugby South. They play home games at Skillbeck Athletic Grounds. Charlotte Rugby Club was founded in 1971. In the ensuing decades they became one of the most dominant teams in the region, often competing for state and regional championships. As a result of their success they were invited to join the Rugby Super League, the country's highest level of rugby union competition, in 2006. They competed in the Rugby Super League from 2006 to 2010. In 2012, Charlotte Rugby Club started their Senior Women's team. History Charlotte RFC formed in 1971 by former college rugby players living in the Charlotte area. In 1974, some of the players decided to leave and form a separate club, the Charlotte Gargoyles. The succession prompted Charlotte RFC to adopt the nickname "Olde Originals" to distinguish themselves from the other Charlotte team. Charlotte joined the Rugby Super League in 2006; in 2010 they announced they would not compete in the 2011 Super League season. Charlotte RFC then competed in the USA Rugby South DI competition for the 2011 and 2012 seasons while fielding their “B” side in USA Rugby South's Division III matrix. For 2013 due to low player numbers and a lack of success at the DI level, Charlotte focused their energy on the DIII level, finishing atop their matrix and advancing to the DII competition where they have played since the fall of 2013. In 2022, Charlotte became the USA Rugby Men's Club Division II National Champions. Charlotte who had not lost a regular-season match in the 3 years prior, patiently waited for their opportunity to compete in and win the National Championship after USA Rugby had a 2-year layoff from national competitions due to COVID-19. During the 2022 USA Rugby playoffs, Charlotte defeated teams from Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Austin Tx, Santa Monica, and Denver, to solidify their place as National Champions! Grounds The Olde Originals play their matches at the Skillbeck Athletic Grounds located in the Coulwood neighborhood of Charlotte. Built in 1988, the grounds includes a 5,800 ft² clubhouse with a 900 ft² deck overlooking the pitch. The grounds also has an apartment for the players and a bar room for social events. When it was first built, it was considered to be one of the finest rugby facilities in the country. References External links Official site Super League USA Rugby The Skillbeck Athletic Grounds is at coordinates 35.317384°N 80.950195°W﻿ / 35.317384; -80.950195
Charlotte Secondary School

Charlotte Secondary School is a public charter school located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It opened in 2007 as a middle school, and has since grown to include grades 6–12. History Charlotte Secondary School is a public charter school that opened with middle school grades in 2007. After being recognized as a School of Distinction, the school began expanding with high school grades in 2013, by adding the 9th and 10th grade levels during its 2014–15 school year, then the 11th and 12th in the following two years consecutively. The school's first class of seniors graduated in 2016. In its first four years of operation, the school offered Encore classes that all students took (music, visual arts, physical education and paideia arts). Because of the small size of the school, the Encore classes changed based on student and instructional needs. In the 2011–12 school year, students were able to choose from a variety of arts and social sciences electives, including digital photography, fine arts, media and journalism, and humanities and debate, with Spanish classes being another elective offering. In fall of 2014, students were offered technology, art, PE/health, and civics elective classes. In 2018, Charlotte Secondary School’s lacrosse team was featured in an ESPN documentary, which detailed the team’s struggles throughout the year, as well as the academic struggles of the players, and what the team’s coach did to help them. Curriculum Charlotte Secondary's middle school curriculum consists mainly of four core classes—Math, science, language arts, and social studies—that last the whole school year, with two elective classes per semester, each elective being taken every other day. However, the high school grades have more flexibility in schedules, with alternating classes every semester, a list of elective classes to choose from, and a varying number of core classes and electives per student. Also, the high school has only four periods, in contrast to the middle school's five. References External links School Information & Ratings on SchoolFinder
ECU Health Chowan Hospital

Chowan Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Edenton, North Carolina. It is a part of the ECU Health system. In 1947 Chowan Hospital opened. It moved in 1950 and again to its present position in 1970. A wing was added in 1988. It joined with UHSEC in 1998. The Emergency Department at Pitt County Memorial Hospital was linked to Chowan Hospital in April 2001. The hospital has 49 general hospital beds and 40 general nursing home beds. It also has three Shared Inpatient/Ambulatory Surgery and one Endoscopy operating rooms. References External links Vidant Chowan Hospital
Christ Episcopal Church (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Christ Episcopal Church, also known as Christ Church on Capitol Square, is an Episcopal church at 120 East Edenton Street in Raleigh, North Carolina. Built in 1848–53 to a design by Richard Upjohn, it is one of the first Gothic Revival churches in the American South. The church was built for a parish established in 1821; its minister is the Rev. James P. Adams. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987. Description and history Christ Episcopal Church is located within Raleigh's Capitol Area Historic District, just east of the North Carolina State Capitol at the southeast corner of East Edenton and South Wilmington Streets. It is a generally cruciform structure, built predominantly out of rough-cut stone that is varied in color, with dressed stone at the corners and openings. It has a red tile roof that is topped by cruciform finials at the gable ends. The walls are buttressed at the corners, and separating the bays on the long axis. A covered arcade extends north from the west end of the church, joining it to an otherwise-freestanding tower. The tower has three stages, with buttressed corners, and a lancet-louvered belfry in the upper level. It is crowned by a spire and a distinctive bronze weather vane. The Christ Church parish was organized in 1821, and its first church was a wood-frame structure built in 1829. The present church was designed by Richard Upjohn in 1846, and was consecrated in 1854. At the suggestion of the church's Bishop Levi Silliman Ives, Upjohn based his design on St. Mary's in Burlington, New Jersey, which he had recently completed. The church's parish house with chapel, added in 1913–1914, was designed by Upjohn's grandson Hobart. The Ravenscroft School, a private K–12 school in Raleigh, was started by members of the church and named after the Episcopal Bishop of the area at that time, John Stark Ravenscroft, who was also the rector of the church. Olivia Raney served as organist until her death in 1896. Notable people Author Armistead Maupin attended the church with his family as a child. Anti-suffragist Mary Hilliard Hinton attended this church. NC First Lady Fanny Yarborough Bickett attended this church. Socialite Lucile Aycock McKee attended this church. Gallery See also List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina National Register of Historic Places listings in Wake County, North Carolina References External links Christ Church on Capitol Square web site
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Halifax, North Carolina)

Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Michael Ferrall Family Cemetery is a historic Catholic church and cemetery in Halifax, North Carolina. The church was designed by noted Philadelphia architect Edwin Forrest Durang, and built in 1889. The church is basically a rectangular gable-front Late Gothic Revival style frame building, 20 feet wide and 37 feet deep. It features a pair of asymmetrical projecting corner towers and lancet-arch window openings. Adjacent to the church is the Michael Ferrall Family Cemetery, which contains the Michael Ferrall Family Vault built in 1859. Michael Ferrall, at one time mayor of Halifax, bought and lived in the former Eagle Tavern, built in the 1790s and now on the National Register of Historic Places, with his family. He operated his general commission business in a store house on the property adjacent to the former Eagle Tavern. When the store house burned down the land that it sat on was later subdivided into a rectangular, one-eighth acre lot and conveyed by Thomas W. Hill, trustee of Michael Ferrall’s estate, to the Catholic Church in 1889 for $100 for the construction of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Michael Ferrall’s granddaughter, Nanny Gary, who lived in the Eagle Tavern until her death in 1969, left the house, lot and the family graveyard adjacent to the church to the Diocese of Raleigh in her will of 1963. After accepting the gift from Nanny Gary’s estate, the Diocese determined that it was not feasible to use the Ferrall house (Eagle Tavern) for charitable or religious purposes. The house was then conveyed to the Historic Halifax Restoration Association and the house was moved up King Street in the 1970s to the location of the Halifax Visitors Center where it was restored and interpreted as a museum in the style of the “Eagle Tavern”. The lot and graveyard were kept by the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh and is now maintained by members of the Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in Roanoke Rapids. The church is one of only two churches still standing that were built by Servant of God Thomas Frederick Price, the first native North Carolinian to become a Catholic priest. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. References
City Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina)

The City Cemetery of Raleigh, also known as Old City Cemetery, was authorized in 1798 by the North Carolina General Assembly as Raleigh's first burying ground. It was laid out on 4 acres (1.6 ha) of land just outside the original 1792 eastern boundary of Raleigh and bounded by East Street on the west, East Hargett Street on the south, and Morgan Street on the north. It was originally laid out in four equal quarters with the northern two quarters reserved for residents, the southwestern for visitors, and the southeastern for Negroes, both free and slaves. Over time, the cemetery has gradually been enlarged toward New Bern Street in 1819, 1849, and 1856 and now contains approximately 7.5 acres (3.0 ha). The cemetery was enclosed in 1898 by a cast-iron fence that was formerly around Union Square to keep straying livestock out of the State Capitol grounds. A network of cobblestone driveways with granite curbstones run through the cemetery. In 1857, the city boundaries were extended to include the cemetery, and the city charter provided for a resident caretaker. Many persons of Raleigh's and North Carolina's early period are interred at City Cemetery including governors, mayors, politicians, newspaper editors, military officers, ministers, doctors, planters, attorneys, bankers, and Scottish and English stonemasons who helped build the Capitol. City Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 12 September 2008. Historic grave sites Joel Lane Jacob Johnson John Rex Joseph Gales Weston R. Gales John Devereux William Boylan Thomas Meredith William Peace Governor Charles Manly William Henry Haywood Dr. Josiah Ogden Watson Romulus M. Saunders William White Sion Hart Rogers Colonel William Polk General Lawrence O. Branch General William A. Blount Richard Hines Absalom Tatom William Shaw William Hill Anna J. Cooper Gallery References External links [1] North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office City Cemetery at Find a Grave
Clanton Park (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Clanton Park is a 77-acre urban park at 1520 Clanton Road in the West Boulevard neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. It features playgrounds, fields for soccer and softball, eleven basketball courts, picnic shelters, and a gazebo. The park also manages the nearby Clanton community pavilion, a 4,500 square foot indoor facility at 3132 Manchester Avenue. A half-mile section of the Irwin Creek Greenway runs through Clanton Park. Arbor Glen Outreach Center Located in Clanton Park is the Arbor Glen Outreach Center. This facility, which contains classrooms and a gymnasium, sponsors programs for pre-schoolers, children, teens, adults, and seniors. Activities include sports, fitness, self-defense, dance, tutoring, cultural arts, and community meetings. The center hosts the Boys To Men Foundation, a mentoring program for at-risk youth, a 4-H club, and meetings of National Night Out, a community-police awareness-raising event. References External links Map of Clanton Park