‘Ripping apart history’. CLT airport to demolish another Steele Creek historic site

A nearly 200-year-old historic landmark is set to be demolished by the Charlotte airport to make way for the facility’s growth plans below West Boulevard.

Almost a year ago, the airport tore down another long-standing structure, the century old Steele Creek Presbyterian Manse. And on Friday, a portion of the Steele Creek Presbyterian Church was also torn down.

A demolition permit request was issued June 5 for the William Grier House along Robbie Circle off of Shopton Road in the Steele Creek neighborhood, according to Mecklenburg County records…

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