History of Downtown Sanford
This page is dedicated to the forward thinking individuals and organizations which decided to take a chance on Downtown Sanford past, present, and the future.
Antebellum Era Rail Lines Connect Industrial Revolution The Domino Effect Brownstone Discovered African American Community Gains Prominence The Tobacco Revolution Downtown Expands West Highway US-1 Brings Tourism to Downtown Pottery Residential Neighborhoods Abound The Depression and the New Deal World War II Production Brick Capital, U.S.A. Downtown goes MO-DERN! Downtown Suffers for Three Decades The 21st Century – Sanford's Heart is Still Beating Abstracted from Pezzoni, J. Daniel. The History & Architecture of Lee County, North Carolina. Sanford, NC: Railroad House Historical Association, Inc., 1995. Covington, Howard E. Jr. Belk, Inc.-- The Company and the Family That Built It. Charlotte, North Carolina: Belk, Inc., 2002
Antebellum Era Rail Lines Connect Industrial Revolution The Domino Effect Brownstone Discovered African American Community Gains Prominence The Tobacco Revolution Downtown Expands West Highway US-1 Brings Tourism to Downtown Pottery Residential Neighborhoods Abound The Depression and the New Deal World War II Production Brick Capital, U.S.A. Downtown goes MO-DERN! Downtown Suffers for Three Decades The 21st Century – Sanford's Heart is Still Beating
Abstracted from
Pezzoni, J. Daniel. The History & Architecture of Lee County, North Carolina. Sanford, NC: Railroad House Historical Association, Inc., 1995. Covington, Howard E. Jr. Belk, Inc.-- The Company and the Family That Built It. Charlotte, North Carolina: Belk, Inc., 2002
Pezzoni, J. Daniel. The History & Architecture of Lee County, North Carolina. Sanford, NC: Railroad House Historical Association, Inc., 1995.
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