The town has renovated the old pump house off South Street near the entrance to the greenway as Parks & Rec offices. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Renovations are finished on the old pump station at the end of South Street, where the Davidson Parks & Recreation Department will move next week. The brick building, at 715 South St., is next to Davidson Elementary School and near the entrances to the Kincaid Greenway. Read the full story

The cemetery on North Main Street figures into the tale of the Murder on South Street.

Davidson Historical Society will offer a lecture called “Murder on South Street” this Sunday, Feb. 10, at 3pm, at Summit Coffee in downtown Davidson.

Co-hosted with Davidson Parks & Recreation, it’s the story of  the 1914 murder that shocked Mecklenburg County.   Read the full story

The new meeting room at the Davidson Friends Meetinghouse on South Street (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Over the past two decades, the Davidson Friends Meeting migrated from meeting place to meeting place, growing to 40 to 45 people weekly. On Sunday, the group opened a new chapter, dedicating a permanent meeting house on South Street that members hope will be “a base to grow Quakerism.”

The new meetinghouse is at 625 South St., next to Davidson Elementary School and Calvary Presbyterian Church. The group bought the 1,100-square-foot house in 2007 and over the past nine months built a 2,353-square-foot addition that includes an octagonal meeting room and other open spaces. Read the full story

Fog settled on Mimosa Cemetery around 7 a.m. Monday. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

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The Antiquity Bridge at the end of South Street will be closed on the Davidson side tomorrow, April 21, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. for the Miles for Marnie Duathalon Road Race. The bridge will reopen as soon as the race has concluded. Download a copy of the race map (PDF) on the town website.

These daffodils on South Street picked the first day of spring Tuesday to reach peak bloom. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

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625 South St. is the site of the planned Friends Meetinghouse.

After nearly two years of planning, the Davidson Friends Meeting will break ground this Sunday, Feb. 12, on an addition to a home it owns on South Street that is to become its first permanent meetinghouse. The ceremony will be at noon at 625 South St., next to Davidson Elementary School.

The $350,000 to $400,000 project will include a renovation of the existing house and a 2,300-square-foot addition, which will provide space for weekly worship services. The group currently meets nearby at Calvary Presbyterian Church, and will remain there until the new meetinghouse is ready, possibly by the end of summer, member Rebecca Ruhlen said Thursday.

The Davidson Friends Meeting was founded in 1989 by six people with ties to Davidson College, including three professors. They met regularly at the college’s Carolina Inn, on North Main Street. They now have 20 or more at weekly services and about 40 members, and have begun seeking a new home.

Architect's view of the planned renovation, which includes a two-story meeting area at rear.

In 2007, the Quakers acquired the property at 625 South St., including a small house that it has used for children’s classes and committee meetings.

“We’ve been using the house, but it’s too small for our Sunday morning meetings for worship,” Ms. Ruhlen said. So they planned the addition.

The meetinghouse was designed by Davidson architect Paul B. Clark and will be built by Meridian DesignBuild and T/A England Custom Builders. See plans and other details about the new meetinghouse on the Friends’ website.

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Sunday’s groundbreaking will be at noon at 625 South St. Meanwhile, the Quakers welcome all to join in worship and to experience Quaker community on Sundays at 9:45 a.m. at Calvary Presbyterian Church, 605 South St., Davidson. More information is available at davidson.quaker.org or by calling 704-895-8404.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE

Feb. 3, 2010, “Workshop Feb. 18 on Quakers’ plans for South St. site”

Jan. 14, 2010, “Friends meeting moves”

Map of the Summit 5K course, beginning on South Street. Click map for PDF of the course.

South Street will be closed at South Main Street Friday night for the running of the Summit Coffee Twilight 5K, a race on town streets and greenways. The road will close around 5 p.m., and the race is expected to begin at 6 p.m. Read the full story