Earle Sumner Draper

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.^[1]

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

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^[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

^ "Earl Sumner Draper - Shaping the American City". public.websites.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "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.