Applications

Study Of Potential Impact On Elmwood/Pinewood Cemetery Of

Expanded Railroad Corridor

I.  Statement of Purpose.  The City of Charlotte has requested that a 100-foot corridor on the eastern edge of the subject property be excluded from the proposed landmark, so that a railroad right-of-way might be constructed west of the current railroad right-of-way.  This report describes the historic character of the corridor, assesses its cultural significance, and determines what impact the expansion of the railroad right-of-way would have upon the corridor.

II.  Description of Corridor.  The corridor is a rolling grassy strip that extends northward from 6th St. to Ninth St.  It contains one building, a gable-roofed brick building which once served as the office for the cemetery.  Otherwise the site is characterized by family burial plots in Elmwood Cemetery and the random distribution of graves, many unmarked in Pinewood Cemetery.

Looking north from Sixth Street.	Looking north from former office building.
Looking north toward Ninth Street.	Looking south in Pinewood Cemetery.

Former Cemetery Office Building.	Marker In Pinewood Cemetery.
Family Burial Plot In Pinewood Cemetery	Marker In Elmwood Cemetery.

The following photographs depict the approximate extension of the corridor into Elmwood/Pinewood Cemetery.

The official is standing at the edge of the corridor.	The official beneath the star is standing at the edge of the corridor.
The official is standing at the edge of the corridor.	One solution is for the City to acquire the property across Ninth St. and proceed with moving the graves to this site.

III.  Assessment of Impact.  It is obvious that the impact of the expansion of the railroad right-of-way would have a negative impact upon the historic character of the 100-foot corridor and its historic content.