Myers Park
Described as Charlotte's Finest Planned Suburb, Myers Park holds crucial importance to Charlotte. Not only is it historically the most prominent and affluent neighborhood in Charlotte, but it was crucial to the textile and banking leaders of North Carolina. In the early 20th century, John Nolen and Earle Sumner Draper created the urban design of the southern Charlotte suburb. Following the layout, the architects then came in to build the city up. Starting as early as 1912, the neighborhood primarily was built in Colonial and Tudor Revival. (1) In 1913 Charles P. Moody commissioned Louis Asbury, his nephew, to build a house in the new suburb of Myers Park. This Georgian Revival, a subset of Colonial-Revival, the house is one of the oldest in the Myers Park neighborhood. (2)
Stuart Cramer, son of the wealthy textile merchant Stuart Cramer Sr., commissioned Martin E. Boyer to erect this Tudor-Style Revival House. Boyer created the house in 1928 adding again to the layout of Myers Park. (3)
The Duke Mansion, sometimes referred to as Lynnwood or White Oaks, was originally built in 1915 by Zeb Taylor in the Myers Park area of Charlotte. James Buchanan Duke bought the property in 1919 and by 1922 Charles Christian Hook tripled the size of the property to suite Duke's growing family.(4) With its colonial revival style, the mansion was and still is one of the largest and most beautiful estates in the Myers Park area. Today this home plays a vital role in the Myers Park community. It brings beauty as well as tourists to the area, helping local businesses.
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1. "Myers Park: Charlotte's Finest Planned Suburb," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission, http://www.cmhpf.org.
2. "The Charles Moody House," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission, Accessed December 8, 2012 http://www.cmhpf.org.
3. "Myers Park: Charlotte's Finest Planned Suburb," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission, http://www.cmhpf.org.
4. "The James B. Duke House," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission, Accessed November 30, 2012. http://www.cmhpf.org.