About Earle Sumner Draper
Lived 1893 – 1994 (aged 100–101). Earle Sumner Draper was an American architect and landscape architect.
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.
A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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 Chicopee Mill and Village, Atlanta Hwy, Gainesville, GA (Draper, Earle S.), NRHP-listed
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
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Who was Earle Sumner Draper?
American architect
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Earle Sumner Draper was born in 1893.
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Earle Sumner Draper died in 1994.
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Earle Sumner Draper was an architect and landscape architect.
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Earle Sumner Draper was American.
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