The Excelsior Club in Charlotte’s historic Washington Heights welcomed Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, and James Brown. But now the club is in disrepair and plans to save it are back at square one.

The Excelsior Club was once considered the premier Black social club of the Southeast. But since then, it has fallen into disrepair. Now, a developer wants to revitalize the Washington Heights ...

The Excelsior Club, a two-story white home on 921 Beatties Ford Road in west Charlotte, became the city’s first exclusive Black nightclub in the mid-1940s. Through the years, Excelsior evolved into ...

A Charlotte developer who expressed interest in reviving the historic Excelsior Club this year has brought a proposal to Charlotte City Council. And it’s in partnership with a bigger developer. The ...

Just as a developer is trying to move ahead with plans to raze the historic Excelsior Club in west Charlotte, then rebuild a near replica, a local museum CEO is trying to make the case for saving the ...

The Excelsior Club, Charlotte’s first African American-owned club, is officially in foreclosure. It opened in 1944, and at one point it was a center for African American social and political activity ...

Charlotte’s historic Excelsior Club, a touchstone for generations of African-Americans, faces an uncertain future after foreclosure proceedings began last week. The Beatties Ford Road landmark, which ...

The fate of Charlotte’s historic Excelsior Club remains uncertain. A one-year moratorium on demolishing the building expired on Wednesday, June 12. The Excelsior opened in 1944 and became of hub of ...

EXCELSIOR – Earlier in the school year, a second-grader at Excelsior Elementary School approached principal Stacy DeCorsey with an idea – students should have reusable water bottles so they don’t use ...