Dilworth in Charlotte in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Carson McCullers

(1917-67)

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 27, 2026

1. Carson McCullers Marker

Inscription. Wrote part of her first novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter while boarding in this house 311 E. Blvd. in 1938.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1938.

Location. 35° 12.643′ N, 80° 51.357′ W. Marker is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County. It is in Dilworth. It is on East Boulevard east of Cleveland Avenue, on the left when traveling east. The site is now the Copper Modern Indian Cuisine restaurant. The marker is under the porch to the left of the entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 311 East Blvd, Charlotte NC 28203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum

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South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mayer House (a few steps from this marker); Walter Brem House (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dilworth Methodist Episcopal Church South (about 500 feet away); Chalmers Memorial Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (about 700 feet away); Nebel Knitting Mill (approx. ¼ mile away); Holy Trinity Greek Community (approx. 0.3 miles away); Gold Mines (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lance Building (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charlotte.

Also see . . .
1. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940) is the debut novel of American author Carson McCullers, who was 23 at the time of publication. It is a Southern Gothic novel about a deaf man named John Singer and the people he encounters in a 1930s mill town in the U.S. state of Georgia. (Submitted on March 28, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

2. Carson McCullers. Biographical sketch from her induction into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame<blockquote>

Carson McCullers is often

Carson McCullers Marker to the left of the main entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 27, 2026

2. Carson McCullers Marker to the left of the main entrance

mentioned in one breath with such preeminent figures of Southern literature as her contemporaries Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty. Unlike O'Connor and Welty, McCullers left the South at seventeen and lived mainly in New York and Paris for all her adult life, yet her settings and characters are frequently Southern. (Submitted on March 28, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

Copper Modern Indian Cuisine restaurant, former home to Carson McCullers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 27, 2026

3. Copper Modern Indian Cuisine restaurant, former home to Carson McCullers

Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 28, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 28, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.