Earle Sumner Draper

Earle Sumner Draper (1893–1994)[1] was a town planner and a landscape designer, who is famous for having coined the term "urban sprawl".

A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

Projects

His works include:

Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District, roughly bounded by Victory & Wilson Drs., Allen & S. Broadway Sts. Forest City, NC (Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed[2]
Cliffside Public School, 1 N. Main St. Cliffside, NC (Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed[2]
Druid Hills Historic District, roughly bounded by Meadowbrook Terrace, US 25N, Ashwood Rd., and Ridgewood Ave. Hendersonville, NC (Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed[2]
Erlanger Mill Village Historic District, roughly bounded by Winston Rd., Short, 7th, Hames, Second Rainbow, Park Circle, & Olympia Sts. Lexington, NC (Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed[2]
Hayes Barton Historic District, roughly bounded by St. Mary's St., Glenwood Ave. and Williamson Dr. Raleigh, NC (Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed[2]
Laurelwood Cemetery, bordered by Laurel, W. White, Stewart, and W. Main Sts. Rock Hill, SC (Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed[2]
Lexington Residential Historic District, roughly bounded by State St., W. Fifth St., Martin St., Westside Dr., Southbound St., and W. Ninth Ave. Lexington, NC (Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed[2]
McAdenville Historic District, 100-413 Main St., Elm and Poplar Sts., and cross sts. from I-85 to S. Fork of Catawba River McAdenville, NC (Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed[2]
Pacolet Mill Office, 180 Montgomery Ave., Pacolet, SC (Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed[2]
Rutherfordton-Spindale Central High School, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, NRHP-listed[2][3]
Chicopee Mill and Village, Atlanta Hwy, Gainesville, GA (Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed[2]

He also did work in

MidTown (Columbus, Georgia)
Sequoyah Hills, Tennessee
Lake Lure, North Carolina - the 1926 Draper Plan for what is today the Lake Lure Town Center

References

U. Mich site
"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Davyd Foard Hood (September 1992). "Rutherfordton-Spindale Central High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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[1] U. Mich site

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-3] Davyd Foard Hood (September 1992). "Rutherfordton-Spindale Central High School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.