Apr 14, 2014
Billed by Earl Sumner Draper, Myers Park’s nationally famous garden landscaping guru as “A Garden for the Country Home of the South” this stucco “linear” house was started in 1917 and !nished after World War I in 1921. Close control and attention to details by McAden...
Apr 17, 2012
Saved from the wrecking ball by concerned citizens Rosedale’s story is one of challenges, overcoming obstacles and evolving from “survive” to “thrive” in a city that has lost most of its historically significant homes. It was built on 911 acres in 1815 by Archibald...
Apr 23, 2004
Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Historical Landmarks Commission Mary Norton Kratt tells the story of Elizabeth and Edwin O. Clarkson and their garden in her book, A Bird in the House: The Story of Wing Haven Gardens. The Wing Haven story begins as follows:...
Apr 23, 2000
Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Historical Landmarks Commission Dr. William H. Huffman November, 1983 The interestingly varied bungalow-style frame house with a lively charm at 821 Harvard Place in Myers Park was built about 1915-16 by George Stephens...
Apr 23, 2000
Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Historical Landmarks Commission On November 28, 1911, Mr. Z. V. Taylor, an official of the Southern Utilities Co., joined with his wife, Irving Scales Taylor, in purchasing a lot in the prestigious suburb known as Myers Park,...
Apr 23, 2000
Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Historical Landmarks Commission Dr. William H. Huffman August, 1983 The E. B. Gresham house on Edgehill Road in Myers Park is unquestionably one of the more unusual houses of its style in Charlotte. Built by Edwin Beverly Gresham...
