View, Earle S. Draper House, Charlotte, North Carolina

Earle S. Draper House (Charlotte, N.C.)

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Item information

Repository:: Preservation North Carolina
Collection:: Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) held by Preservation North Carolina
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Architect:: Gordon, Franklin, circa 1870-1930 more info on Gordon, Franklin, circa 1870-1930

Provenance note:: Earle S. Draper (landscape architect and urban planner), first owner
Historical note:: The house is located in the Myers Park neighborhood, which typifies the professionally planned suburbs of the South in the early twentieth century. A prolific landscape architect and planner in North Carolina, Draper also worked under planner John Nolen on Myers Park. Myers Park exhibits many of the architectural styles that were popular for wealthy urban North Carolinians after World War I, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.
Location:: Charlotte (N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
Planned communities