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Myers Park Charlotte NC - A Planner's Vision
 
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 ... more

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