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Charlotte NC MYERS PARK Luxury Home Market Report 09/30/2010

Myers Park, one of Charlotte's most prestigious addresses, is a gorgeous community chock full of historic architecture and envelopes you with it's wide, tree-lined streets.  Formerly known as the 'Old South,' Myers Park, one of Charlotte's original streetcar 'suburbs,' is a premier Charlotte location as it is located just outside the Uptown region, close to everything Charlotte has to offer!

Renovations and rehabilitation of the gorgeous traditional homes in Myers Park home values stable in the area.  One thing that a Charlotte home buyer can count on, is the continued popularity of the Myers Park community.  Few neighborhoods in Charlotte can compare to the character, elegance and general appeal of Myers Park!   

The current market report for Charlotte NC's Myers Park community is below: 

 

      

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Things to Do in Charlotte NC - 46th Annual Festival in the Park

What are you going to be doing September 23 - 26 in Charlotte NC?   Mark your calendar for the festival that Charlotteans look forward to each year (and have since 1964)!  The festival where we all congregate in the fall for the art, music, shopping and carnival-style food, is one of Charlotte's favorite events of the year.  Charlotte's 46th annual FESTIVAL IN THE PARK is this month--beginning in a short 10 days!   Festival in the Park is held at Freedom Park in the Dilworth/Myers Park area off of East Boulevard. 

Come one, come all!  Join in the fun at Freedom Park!

Visitors from around the world join us for the sounds of big band music, delicious food, children playing in the park and talented artists from all over the world join in, creating a relaxed atmosphere for the entire family.  The Festival continues to grow each and every year!  The big Camelot style tents surround the lake and the lights' reflection on the lake boasts the peaceful, still waters as you listen to the sounds of music and children's excitement as they have their faces painted or enjoy the magic show! 

Over 100,000 visitors are expected at the annual event this year and over 150 artists and craftsmen and women will proudly display their talent.  Each year, I manage to find many items that I just can't chose from and find many gifts for my family and friends here.  You can't find the talent that you find here anywhere else either!

The scents of food fill the air as you traverse the sidewalk surrounding the lake, stopping along the way to see the clown show, listen to your favorite new up and coming musician or purchase the hottest new artist's work!  There are clown stages, magician stages, musician stages and little shops along your path.  Even going around the lake for a second round is expected at Festival in the Park Charlotte NC!   Nearly 1,000 entertainers provide ongoing shows at the main stage and many of the surrouning stages and tents for your enjoyment.

Voted as a BEST 200 Festival by Sunshine Artists Magazine,  this wonderful event for all ages is fun, educational, and it's free!  You simply can't beat the good time you will have at Charlotte's 46th annual Festival in the Park!  Mark your calendars now for this exciting event!

Thanks to Julie and the staff at Festival in the Park for permitting me to use the media contained in this post!  I hope you have a great event this year--I'm sure it will be better than before--just as it always is!

 

      

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Charlotte NC Neighborhoods - Myers Park

If you're visiting Charlotte, you simply must take a tour through historic Myers Park, via Queens Road.  In this historical community, some of the city’s grandest homes can be found, framed by a canopy of massive, old willow oaks. 

Myers Park Charlotte NC emerged from a large cotton farm in 1911, when landscape architect John Nolen was hired to create a “garden suburb” on the outskirts of the city.  John Nolen & others, including Earle Sumner Draper, used the winding paths, following the natural landscape to create, what many think is now Charlotte's most beautiful community.  Most of the historic homes in Myers Park reflect the Classic style from traditional brick Georgians to English Tudor.  And, there's nothing 'outskirts' about Myers Park these days either!  Charlotte's fabulous Uptown is mere minutes from Myers Park.

 In recent years, upscale condominium buildings have been erected along the Myers Park - Selwyn Avenue corridor and are several are still being built.  Many of the older homes have been revitalized and are simply spectacular.   Myers Park Charlotte NC is within walking distance to Freedom Park (which has some of the best lit public tennis courts in the area), Queens University, fine dining, upscale shopping and is only about 3 miles from Uptown Charlotte NC.

Homes in Myers Park Charlotte NC have retained their value over the years and shown steady but, not over-inflated appreciation.  A Myers Park address remains one of the most sought-after in the city!

Living in Myers Park Charlotte NC is pure luxury.  To search Myers Park homes for sale, visit www.SearchCharlotteHomesForSale.com.

If you have school children, we have information on all of the available public and private schools in the Myers Park zone as well as neighborhoods zoned for the Myers Park Schools.  For specific information regarding  Myers Park High School, located in the heart of Myers Park, visit our Myers Park High School blog.

More Myers Park Information:

Myers Park Charlotte NC - A Planner's Vision

A Little Myers Park History

Take a Tour of the Duke Mansion in Myers Park

Charlotte NC Myers Park market report--see how the Myers Park real estate market is faring.

 

      

  Charlotte NC Homes for Sale

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Debe Maxwell, CRS/Realtor®/Broker
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Phone (704) 491-3310

     

  

 

    

      

       

 

         

   

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Charlotte NC MYERS PARK Market Report 08/06/2010

One of Charlotte's most prestigious addresses is Myers Park!  Charlotte NC's Myers Park neighborhood is full of historic architecture and envelopes you with it's wide, tree-lined streets.  Formerly known as the 'Old South,' Myers Park, one of Charlotte's original streetcar 'suburbs,' is a premier Charlotte location as it is located just outside the Uptown region, close to everything Charlotte has to offer!


Renovations and rehabilitation of the gorgeous traditional homes in Myers Park home values stable in the area.  One thing that a Charlotte home buyer can count on, is the continued popularity of the Myers Park neighborhood.  Few neighborhoods in Charlotte can compare to the character, elegance and general appeal of Myers Park!  

The current market report for Charlotte NC's Myers Park is below: 

Living in Myers Park Charlotte is simply luxurious--Search charlotte homes for sale in Myers Park and give us a call--we'd love to show you around!

More Myers Park Information:

Myers Park Charlotte NC - A Planner's Vision

A Little Myers Park History

Take a Tour of the Duke Mansion in Myers Park

Charlotte NC Neighborhoods - Myers Park

 

      

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Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina is exemplified in Charlotte's historic Myers Park.   Built in 1915, the Duke Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is simply a sight to behold.  Many of our most elite social leaders have called Charlotte NC Myers Park- The Duke Mansion home and have contributed significantly to Charlotte's rich history.  

Southern Public Utilities' former president, Zebulon V. Taylor built 'Lynnwood' on 14 acres in Myers Park and called it home for four years.  James B. Duke, founder of Duke Energy (formerly Southern Public Utilities) purchased and tripled the size of  the home to its current size of 32,000 square feet. During James ('Buck') Duke's ownership, many lasting legacies were created on the grounds including Duke University, Duke Power Company (now Duke Energy) and the Duke Endowment.

The Duke Endowment was created in 1924 and by 1925, at the time of Buck Duke's death, more than $100 million had been established in the Endowment!  The Duke Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is simply a sight to behold.  Many of our most elite social leaders who have contributed significantly to Charlotte's history have called Charlotte NC Myers Park - Duke Mansion home.   That same year, a local radio station (WBT) owner, C.C. Coddington, who also owned the local Buick dealership, purchased the home and lived there until his death three years later. 

Martin L. Cannon, son of the founder of Cannon Mills, purchased the home in 1929 and renamed it "White Oaks."  The Cannons were very active in Charlotte's community and some of Charlotte's prominent buildings are named after the Cannons.  Among them, Cannon Campus of Charlotte Country Day School and the Cannon Research Center at Carolinas Medical Center.  The Cannons, opened White Oaks up as an 'official guest house for special visitors,' starting the tradition of the elite 'bed and breakfast that it serves as today.

In 1949 the Cannons bequeathed White Oaks and 3 acres to Myers Park Presbyterian Church;  in 1957, Henry & Clayton Lineberger purchased the home from the church.  The Linebergers were a textile family from Belmont and spent years restoring the home and grounds to their original splendor.  

In 1966, a large fire gutted the entire third floor and the Linebergers, again, spent years restoring the Duke Mansion.  In 1976, upon the death of Mr. Lineberger, the home was left to the Duke Endowment. The home was then protected as a community 'treasure' by becoming a community conference center, only to be purchased one year later by developer William Allan.  The Mansion was then converted into condos until 1989.


Rick & Dee Ray (Raycom Sports) then purchased the home and restored it to its original splendor once again.  Now known as the 'Grand Dame of Myers Park' the home is now permanently protected as a nonprofit and in 1998 became an Historic Inn and Meeting Place.  


In 2000, Duke Energy donated a $4.5 million gift to transform the home and help the foundation become debt-free.  There are now 20 rooms available for guests and the grounds are simply breathtaking!  The Duke Mansion celebrates her 95th birthday this year!  So much history, so little space here!  If only those walls could dictate to me!

Today, the most extraordinary of weddings and meetings are held here on the grounds; the Mansion has a full staff of event planners and chefs and the rooms are lavishly furnished for your incredibly luxurious overnight stay!  

You simply must visit 'The Mansion;' envelope yourself in the splendor that is rich in history - Charlotte NC history !  Search for homes in the Myers Park Charlotte NC area - then give us a call for your private tour of one of Charlotte's most historic areas !

 

      

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Charlotte NC Neighborhoods - Myers Park

There is no better introduction to Charlotte NC than a tour through historic Myers Park, via Queens Road.  Here some of the city’s grandest homes are framed by a canopy of massive, old willow oaks. Myers Park Charlotte NC emerged from a large cotton farm in 1911, when landscape architect John Nolen was hired to create a “garden suburb.”  John Nolen & others, including Earle Sumner Draper, used the winding paths, following the natural landscape to create, what many think is now Charlotte's most beautiful community.  Most of the historic homes in Myers Park reflect the Classic style from traditional brick Georgians to English Tudor.  

In recent years upscale condominim buildings have been erected along the Myers Park Selwyn Avenue corridor and many of the older homes have been revitalized and are simply spectacular.   Myers Park Charlotte NC is within walking distance to Freedom Park (which has some of the best lit public tennis courts in the area), Queens University, fine dining, upscale shopping and is only about 3 miles from Uptown Charlotte NC.

Homes in Myers Park Charlotte NC have retained their value over the years and shown steady but, not over-inflated appreciation.  A Myers Park address remains one of the most sought-after in the city!

Living in Myers Park Charlotte NC is pure luxury.  For listings in the Myers Park area, visit www.SoldByDebe.com.

 

      

  Charlotte NC Homes for Sale

 (THE best Charlotte home search available - no kidding!)

Debe Maxwell, CRS/Realtor®/Broker
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Phone (704) 491-3310

     

  

 

    

      

       

 

         

   

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Myers Park Charlotte NC - A Planner's Vision, Now History

In my former life,  I worked at Charlotte Memorial Hospital (which is now Carolinas Medical Center) as a registered nurse .  A physician with whom I worked, (who is no longer living), knew how much I loved history so, he graciously gave me a mini-history lesson every time we spoke!   There were so many lessons and I was able to do a little writing over the years to keep a tiny bit of what I learned from him.   Oh, how I wish I had a blog back then--I would have been able to write enough to fill 4 or 5 books!  

I was recently contacted by a family member of Earle Sumner Draper.  I sent her the following information that I had and attached a photo of the home now.  The information is a combination of what Dr. Thompson taught me and what I have gathered since then.  There is a new lesson in each and every day - we just have to listen and learn!

In 1911, John Nolen (Charlotte City Planner) hired a young graduate of Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts), Earle Sumner Draper, to design and supervise the work, creating Myers Park Charlotte NC.   The bright and talented young Draper, shared fellow planners' Nolen and Olmsted’s passion for nature and use of the natural curvature of the paths around which they were going to build an historic community, quite possibly the most prominent, beautiful area in Charlotte.  Draper arrived by train to his newly adopted city in October of 1915.  A landscape design by Earle Draper was a bonus to purchasing property in Myers Park.  In addition to working and supervising the Myers Park development, Earle Draper spent one day per month supervising the construction of the new town of Kingsport, TN.   In 1917, just two years after coming to Charlotte, Draper, with his mentor's (John Nolen) approval, hung his own shingle, going into business for himself.

Draper's firm was quite possibly the first firm owned by a professionally trained landscape architect in the Southeast.  Draper was a participant in the boom times of the late 1910’s and 1920’s throughout the South.  He later expanded his firm to service branch offices in Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and New York city, employing between 20 and 30 people.  His firm, one of the five largest in the United States, designed over 100 suburbs, including parts of Myers Park and Eastover (which the two were formerly known simply as Myers Park) as well as many parks, a resort development at Lake Lure, cemeteries and college campuses, including a portion of both Davidson and Winthrop Colleges.  Draper also designed about 150 mill villages or village extensions, quite possibly designing more mill villages than any firm in the U.S.

In 1918, Draper purchased a piece of land on Queens Road in Myers Park and held onto it until 1923, when he finally erected a house in the neighborhood that brought him to Charlotte.  The property, just 3 blocks north of Queens College (now Queens University), was located on the main boulevard, through which the streetcar line ran right down the middle.   Charlotte architect Franklin Gordon (1870-1930), one of the senior architects of the city, designed Draper’s new Charlotte home.  Gordon had a passion for the English Tudor style, which is probably the reason that Draper selected him to design the home.  Clement Construction Company (builders of Duke University’s gothic stone buildings) build the home in about 8 months at a cost of $40 - $45K.  Of course, Draper provided his own landscape design of the property.  The family crest, carved in stone, prominently rests on the face of the chimney.  The gorgeous new English Tudor provided a showplace for his prospective clients.  

Earle Draper, his wife Norma, and their three boys (another boy and a girl were born over next few years) moved into the handsome, angled Tudor home.  The Drapers resided there for nine years and enjoyed a typical upper-middle-class life, employing a full time cook (for whom they built a small apartment addition with bath downstairs behind the kitchen), a maid and a chauffeur-handyman, as well as paid gardening help.  The children, who played in the large attic on rainy days (and got into much mischief there, according to E. S. Draper, Jr.) were chauffeured to school in Elizabeth until 1928, when Myers Park Elementary was opened to serve that area.  There were flower gardens in the back and sides of the house, as well as a backyard pool that boasted a gorgeous marble fountain.   A stone cherub holding a goose which the Drapers had purchased on a trip to Italy in 1922 put the finishing touch on the lovely backyard retreat.

With the Great Depression affecting the nation’s economy, Draper’s reduced the staff of his firms and took a job offered him by Dr. Arthur Morgan, chairman of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority).  In 1932, Earle Sumner Draper was named the Director of Town Planning and Housing for the TVA.  Draper left his businesses under the supervision of Harold Burdsley and moved to Tennessee.  In 1940, he was offered a position with the FHA (Federal Housing Administration), which wanted him to be involved in new town development but, ultimately spent the next 5 years managing war housing throughout the U.S.  In 1945, President Truman named Earle S. Draper the Acting Commissioner of the FHA.  At the close of the War, Draper remained in DC for the remainder of his career as a consultant and in 1965, retired in Vero Beach, FL.

Earle Draper owned the Tudor house on Queens Road for its first 12 years, during which time it was rented to a series of tenants.  In 1944, Thomas F. Kerr and his wife purchased the Draper home.  The Kerrs rehabilitated the home, which remains a fine piece of Tudor architecture in Myers Park Charlotte, North Carolina.  

Earle Sumner Draper launched a successful career which led to national recognition, living the part of the upper-middle-class lifestyle in Charlotte in the 1920’s.  The Tudor house on Queens Road is, without question, a classic representation of a significant part of Charlotte’s history—the creation of Charlotte’s premier Myers Park community.  

More Myers Park articles:

Charlotte NC  Neighborhoods - Myers Park

A little Myers Park History

Take a little tour of the Duke Mansion in Myers Park

Charlotte NC Myers Park market report--see how the Myers Park real estate market is faring.

 

      

  Charlotte NC Homes for Sale

 (THE best Charlotte home search available - no kidding!)

Debe Maxwell, CRS/Realtor®/Broker
Broker@TheCharlotteScoop.com
Phone (704) 491-3310

     

  

 

    

      

       

 

         

   

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