Earle Sumner Draper (1893–1994)
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urban sprawl Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city." Urban sprawl has been described as the unrestricted growt ...

". A number of his works are listed on the

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Projects

His works include: *Silvertown Historic Mill Village, Thomaston, GA * Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District, roughly bounded by Victory & Wilson Drs., Allen & S. Broadway Sts.

Forest City, NC Forest City, formerly known as "Burnt Chimney," is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,377 as of the 2020 census, making it the largest municipality in Rutherford County. History The Alexander Manufa ...

(Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed * Cliffside Public School, 1 N. Main St. Cliffside, NC (Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed * Druid Hills Historic District, roughly bounded by Meadowbrook Terrace, US 25N, Ashwood Rd., and Ridgewood Ave.

Hendersonville, NC Hendersonville is a city in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. It is south of Asheville and is the county seat of Henderson County. Like the county, the city is named for 19th-century North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Leona ...

(Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed * Erlanger Mill Village Historic District, roughly bounded by Winston Rd., Short, 7th, Hames, Second Rainbow, Park Circle, & Olympia Sts.

Lexington, NC Lexington is the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 18,931. It is located in central North Carolina, south of Winston-Salem. Major highways include I-85, I-85B, U. ...

(Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed *

Hayes Barton Historic District The Hayes Barton Historic District is a neighborhood located northwest of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Hayes Barton, an upper class neighborhood designed by landscape architect Earle Sumner Draper, contains 457 buildings on . The neighborhoo ...

, roughly bounded by St. Mary's St., Glenwood Ave. and Williamson Dr.

Raleigh, NC Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southea ...

(Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed * Laurelwood Cemetery, bordered by Laurel, W. White, Stewart, and W. Main Sts.

Rock Hill, SC Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina and the fifth-largest city in the state. It is also the fourth-largest city of the Charlotte metropolitan area, behind Charlotte, Concord, and Gastonia (all located in North Carolina, ...

(Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed * Lexington Residential Historic District, roughly bounded by State St., W. Fifth St., Martin St., Westside Dr., Southbound St., and W. Ninth Ave.

(Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed *

McAdenville Historic District McAdenville Historic District is a national historic district located at McAdenville, Gaston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 93 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 7 contributing structures in the mill village associated ...

, 100-413 Main St., Elm and Poplar Sts., and cross sts. from I-85 to S. Fork of Catawba River

McAdenville, NC McAdenville is a small town in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is a suburb of Charlotte and located east of Gastonia. The population was 890 at the 2020 census. History McAdenville was incorporated in 1881. It was named afte ...

(Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed *

Pacolet Mill Office Pacolet Mill Office, also known as Pacolet Municipal Building and Town Hall, is a historic office building located at Pacolet, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It built in 1908 by the Pacolet Manufacturing Company. It is a one-story, brick buil ...

, 180 Montgomery Ave.,

Pacolet, SC Pacolet is a town in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,235 at the 2010 census. History Pacolet had its start in 1859 when the railroad was extended to that point. The name Pacolet may be derived from the Cher ...

(Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed *

Rutherfordton-Spindale Central High School Rutherfordton-Spindale Middle School is a historic school building located in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Hugh Edward White (1869-1939) and built in 1924–1925. I ...

Rutherfordton, North Carolina Rutherfordton (usually pronounced ( ) or ( ), among other similar variations) is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,213 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat. Geography Rutherfordton is concentrate ...

, NRHP-listed *

Chicopee Mill and Village Chicopee is a former mill village located approximately four miles south of downtown Gainesville, and is in Hall County, Georgia, United States. Chicopee was designed in 1925 by Earle Sumner Draper for the Chicopee Manufacturing Corporation, a s ...

, Atlanta Hwy,

Gainesville, GA The city of Gainesville is the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 42,296. Because of its large number of poultry processing plants, it is often called the "Poultry Capital of t ...

(Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed He also did work in *

MidTown (Columbus, Georgia) Midtown (not to be mistaken for Midtown, New York) has an area of six square miles in Columbus, Georgia. It possesses residential neighbourhoods, eleven public schools, the Columbus Museum, the Columbus Public Library, the Muscogee County Public ...

Sequoyah Hills, Tennessee Sequoyah Hills is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, named for the Cherokee scholar Sequoyah (c. 1767–1843), inventor of the Cherokee alphabet.Lake Lure, North Carolina Lake Lure is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. In 2020 the town population was 1,634. Lake Lure was incorporated in 1927, and acquired the lake after which it is named in 1965. History In 1902, Dr. Lucius B. Morse and ...

- th
1926 Draper Plan
for what is today th
Lake Lure Town Center

References

20th-century American architects American landscape architects 1893 births 1994 deaths {{US-architect-stub