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The Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden is located at 348 Ridgewood Avenue which runs between Selwyn Avenue and Westfield Road in Myers Park.

From I-85 
Take Billy Graham Parkway south toward Woodlawn Avenue.  Billy Graham becomes Woodlawn as it crosses Tryon Street at I-77.  Follow Woodlawn several miles to Selwyn Avenue which is at a traffic light just up the hill beyond Park Road Shopping Center.  Turn left onto Selwyn, go approximately .6 miles and turn left onto Ridgewood Avenue.  The Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden is in the third block on the right. 

From I-77
Take Woodlawn Avenue Exit (6A). Follow Woodlawn several miles to Selwyn Avenue which is at a traffic light just up the hill beyond Park Road Shopping Center.  Turn left onto Selwyn, go approximately .6 miles and turn left onto Ridgewood Avenue.  The Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden is in the third block on the right. 

From UNCC 
Take I-85 South to I-77 South.  Follow directions above. 

From Uptown
Travel south on Third Street.  Do not turn until Ridgewood Avenue.  Third Street changes names several times.  It becomes Providence Road after crossing Independence Boulevard.  It becomes Queens Road at the traffic light at the Myers Park Shopping Center.  After passing Queens College, it becomes Selwyn Avenue.  Ridgewood Avenue is approximately one mile past Queens College.  Turn right.  The Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden is in the third block on the right. 

From SouthPark
From the main entrance on Sharon Road, turn left onto Sharon.  Turn left on Runnymede Lane (4th light).  Go to the 3rd light and turn right onto Selwyn Avenue.  Go approximately .6 miles and turn left onto Ridgewood Avenue.  The Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden is in the third block on the right. 

From Pineville 
Travel north on Park Road.  Turn right on Selwyn Avenue, just north of the Fairview/Tyvola intersection.  Go approximately 1.6 miles and turn left onto Ridgewood Avenue.  The Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden is in the third block on the right. 

From Matthews 
Take Highway 51 to Providence Road.  Travel north on Providence for several miles and turn left on Wendover Road.  Wendover bears to the left onto Sharon Road and then right at the next intersection onto Runnymede Lane.  Continue on Runnymede to the 3rd light and turn right onto Selwyn Avenue.  Go approximately .6 miles and turn left onto Ridgewood Avenue.  The Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden is in the third block on the right.


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