Living in Fourth Ward
Fourth Ward is the northwest quarter of Uptown. Friends of Fourth Ward, the neighborhood association, draws it this way in its bylaws: Interstate 277 on the north, Tryon Street on the east, Trade Street on the south and the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks on the west. Inside those lines are high-rise towers, 1920s apartment houses, rows of townhomes from the neighborhood's revival in the early 1980s, and some of the oldest houses in Charlotte.
Home counts and years below come from Mecklenburg County property records unless we say otherwise. The year is the one the county assessor uses; where a building's history gives a different date, we use the history and say so.
The towers
The VUE Charlotte, 215 N. Pine St. Finished in 2010, with 408 homes in county records. More about The VUE
The Avenue, 210 N. Church St. A 2007 high-rise condominium with 384 homes. More about The Avenue
Fifth and Poplar, 300 W. Fifth St. A 302-home condominium built in 2002, the largest member building of Friends of Fourth Ward, with the neighborhood's grocery store on its ground floor. More
Mid-rise condominiums
715 North Church, 715 N. Church St. 102 homes, 2003. More
400 North Church, 400 N. Church St. 83 homes, 1997. More
Jefferson Square, 401 and 415 N. Church St. 72 homes, 2002. More
Park Plaza, 405 W. Seventh St., across from Fourth Ward Park. 71 homes, 1999. More
626 North Graham, 626 N. Graham St. 43 lofts over street-level shops, 2004. More
The Garrison at Graham, 715 N. Graham St. 41 homes, 2009. More
Chapel Watch, 512 to 582 N. Church St. 34 homes, 1999. More
Silo Urban Lofts, 514 W. 10th St. 24 lofts above street-level commercial space, 2004. More
Settlers Place, 229 N. Church St. 21 homes in the 1905 North Carolina Medical College building and a newer wing beside it. More · Walking tour stop 47
Hanover Plaza, 508 N. Graham St. 15 homes, 1997. More
Historic buildings, now condominiums
The Poplar, 301 W. 10th St. Five stories and 39 apartments, designed by Lockwood, Greene and Company and finished in March 1930, months into the Depression. It became condominiums after 1978. More · Walking tour stop 35
Frederick Place, 515 N. Church St. Built in 1927 as the Frederick Apartments, behind a facade of colored terra cotta. W. J. Cash lived here from 1938 to 1940 and finished The Mind of the South in the building. Today it is a 29-home condominium. More · Walking tour stop 38
St. Peter's Condominiums, 229 N. Poplar St. Charlotte's first civilian hospital, opened on this corner in 1878. It was the Kenmore Hotel after the hospital closed in 1940 and became 36 condominiums in 1980. More · Walking tour stop 48
Ivey's, 127 N. Tryon St. 64 condominiums on the upper floors of the old Ivey's department store. More · Walking tour stop 43
Townhomes and smaller condominiums
Most of these went up between 1981 and 1983, in the first years of the neighborhood's restoration.
Fourth Ward Square, 505 to 529 N. Graham St. 154 homes in seven buildings, 1990. More
Springfield Square, 413 to 433 W. Eighth St. 105 homes, built from 1981 to 1987. More
Churchill, 224 N. Poplar St. 30 homes, 1982. More
Hackberry Court, 500 to 530 N. Poplar St. 27 homes, 1981. More
Davidson Square, 417 to 425 N. Church St. 27 homes, 1981. More
Settlers Lane, 301 to 340 Settlers Lane. 23 townhouses, built in 1980 and 1988. More
Tenth Avenue Townhouses, 300 to 324 W. 10th St. and 701 to 717 N. Poplar St. 22 townhouses, 1981. More
Park Place, 301 to 379 W. Seventh St., facing Fourth Ward Park. 19 homes, 1997. More
Barringer Square, 212 W. 10th St. 18 homes, 1982. More
The Dormers, 721 N. Poplar St. 18 homes, 1982 and 1983. More
Charlotte Oaks, 718 N. Poplar St. 18 homes, 1983. More
Manhattan on the Park, West Eighth Street at North Graham. 12 homes, 1982. More
Graham Court, West Ninth Street at North Graham. 12 townhomes, 1981. More
701 North Church, 701 N. Church St. Nine townhomes, 2007. More
Apartments
The Ascher, 640 N. Church St. Two high-rise apartment towers, finished in 2014 and 2016, built as SkyHouse. More
500 West Trade, 500 W. Trade St. 354 apartments in two towers at Trade and Graham, opened in 2020, with shops and restaurants on the ground floor. More
MAA Uptown, 305 N. Graham St. 227 apartments, 1999. More
Camden Cotton Mills, 520 W. Fifth St. A 2002 apartment building beside the Charlotte Cotton Mill, the city's first cotton mill, whose 19th-century buildings at 500 and 508 W. Fifth St. are now offices. More
The Kensington, 425 W. Fifth St. 143 apartments, 2004. More
Uptown Gardens, North Graham and West Eighth streets. Low-rise apartments, 1985. More
415 Flats, 413 to 417 W. 10th St. 30 apartments, 1985. More
Senior and income-based housing
Edwin Towers, 201 W. 10th St. 176 income-based apartments for residents 55 and older, run by Inlivian, Charlotte's housing authority. Built in 1967. More · inlivian.com
Poplar Grove, 421 N. Poplar St. Affordable apartments in four buildings around North Poplar and West Seventh and Eighth streets, built in 1977. More
The houses
Fourth Ward's houses line North Pine and North Poplar and West Eighth and Ninth streets. Most are private homes; please enjoy them from the sidewalk. Six are Mecklenburg County historic landmarks: the Lyles-Sims House (523 N. Poplar, built 1867 to 1869), the Overcarsh House (326 W. Eighth, about 1879), the Berryhill House (324 W. Ninth, about 1884), the Bagley-Mullen House (129 N. Poplar, about 1895), the John W. Sheppard House (601 N. Poplar, about 1899) and the Blair House (529 N. Poplar, about 1906).
The rest of the houses on the walking tour:
North Pine Street: 427, the Jones House (504), 509, 513, the Morrison-Lawry House (519), the "Mother-in-Law" House (523), 601, 605, the GW Campbell House (607) and 610.
West Eighth Street: 402 to 404 and the Sloan-Davidson House (314).
West Ninth Street: the Alsop House (333), the Fennimore House (323), 320, 319, 316, 315, 312 and 311.
North Poplar Street: 428, the Torrance House (424), 420, 416, the McCausland-Taylor House (412) and the Bootlegger House (400).
Schools
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools assigns Fourth Ward addresses to Bruns Avenue Elementary (501 S. Bruns Ave.), Sedgefield Middle (2700 Dorchester Pl.) and Myers Park High (2400 Colony Rd.). Addresses north of 10th Street are assigned differently. Boundaries can change from year to year, so confirm your address on the county map that CMS links from its "Find My School" button: Mecklenburg County GeoPortal.
Groceries
Harris Teeter, 325 W. Sixth St., on the ground floor of the Fifth and Poplar building. 704-332-8479.
Getting around
The CityLYNX Gold Line streetcar runs along Trade Street, the neighborhood's southern edge, with stops at Tryon Street and Charlotte Gateway Station. The nearest LYNX Blue Line light rail stations are a few blocks east, across Tryon: 7th Street, at 260 E. Seventh St., and the Charlotte Transportation Center, at 303 E. Trade St.
Parks and the library
Fourth Ward Park, 301 N. Poplar St., is the neighborhood's front yard. Ninth Street Park, at 417 W. Ninth St., is a small county dog park. The nearest public library is Founders Hall Library, 100 N. Tryon St., Suite 290.
Trash and recycling
Homes on city collection in the historic district have garbage and yard waste picked up on Wednesday, and recycling every other Wednesday. Many condominium and apartment buildings contract their own collection; check with your building.
Who represents you
City Council: District 2, Malcolm Graham. County Commission: District 4, Mark Jerrell, who is also the board's chair, plus the three commissioners elected countywide. Police: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Central Division.
Join Friends of Fourth Ward
Friends of Fourth Ward has looked after the neighborhood since 1976. Any adult who lives in Fourth Ward can join as a resident member, owners who live elsewhere can join as associate members, and businesses can join too. Condominium and apartment associations can join for $10 per home per year. Members get into the association's socials free, including the porch crawls, the Halloween parade, the Fourth of July picnic and the fall oyster roast, and get early tickets to the Holiday Home Tour and the Secret Gardens Tour. Join at fourthwardclt.org/membership.
More about the neighborhood
See Things to Do, Eat & Drink, The Neighborhood and the full Fourth Ward Buildings directory.
Missing something?
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