Earle Sumner Draper
{{short description|American architect (1893–1994)}}
Earle Sumner Draper (October 19, 1893 – July 1, 1994) was an American town planner and a landscape designer, who is known for coining the term "urban sprawl". He worked under John Nolen.{{Cite web |title=Earl Sumner Draper - Shaping the American City |url=https://public.websites.umich.edu/~sdbest/up594/people/Esdraper.htm |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=public.websites.umich.edu}}
A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
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 (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 (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 (Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed
- Hayes Barton Historic District, roughly bounded by St. Mary's St., Glenwood Ave. and Williamson Dr. Raleigh, NC (Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed
- Laurelwood Cemetery, bordered by Laurel, W. White, Stewart, and W. Main Sts. Rock Hill, SC (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. Lexington, NC (Draper, Earle Sumner), NRHP-listed
- 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
- Pacolet Mill Office, 180 Montgomery Ave., Pacolet, SC (Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed
- Rutherfordton-Spindale Central High School, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, NRHP-listed{{Cite web | author =Davyd Foard Hood| title =Rutherfordton-Spindale Central High School| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =September 1992| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/RF0293.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-02-01}}
- Chicopee Mill and Village, Atlanta Hwy, Gainesville, GA (Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed
He also did work in
- MidTown (Columbus, Georgia)
- Sequoyah Hills, Tennessee
- Lake Lure, North Carolina - the [http://www.egovlink.com/public_documents300/lakelure/published_documents/Town%20Center%20-%20All%20Plans/1926%20Draper%20Plan/1926%20Draper%20Plan.pdf 1926 Draper Plan] for what is today the [http://www.townoflakelure.com/lake-lure-town-center.php Lake Lure Town Center]
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Category:20th-century American architects
Category:American landscape architects
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