W.R. Myers

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1. 1867

   W.R. Myers, a Charlotte businessman (identified elsewhere as a former Confederate colonel), donated the initial eight acres of land on Beatties Ford Road in northwest Charlotte on which Biddle Memorial Institute was built.

   Johnson C. Smith UniversityFord Motor CompanyBiddle Memorial InstituteMary Deborah Baird BiddleHenry J. Biddle

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2. 1911

   Developer George Stephens announced plans for Myers Park in 1911, and Boston landscape architect John Nolen produced the neighborhood's original master plan that year, featuring curving streets that followed natural topography and a 110-foot-wide boulevard (Queens Road) as its spine.

   Marshall ParkJohn NolenKing GeorgeGeorge Stephens

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3. 1912

   In early 1912 a crew of about fifty laborers and twenty-four horse teams began grading the first four miles of Queens Road and adjoining streets, marking the start of physical construction in Myers Park.

   Marshall Park

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4. 1915

   George Stephens, Myers Park's developer, built his own wood-shingled house at 821 Harvard Place in 1915, the same year several Southern Power Company executives also built homes in the new suburb.

   Marshall ParkSouthern Power CompanyKing GeorgeGeorge Stephens

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5. 1917

   In 1917 landscape architect Earle Sumner Draper, who had been John Nolen's on-site field supervisor since 1915, took over design of Myers Park, softening Nolen's street curves and adding a second entrance at East Boulevard.

   Marshall ParkJohn NolenEarle Sumner Draper

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6. 1919

   In 1919 tobacco and power magnate James B. Duke bought the 1915 Taylor House on Hermitage Road overlooking Edgehill Park and had architect C. C. Hook triple it in size into the 52-room Duke Mansion, Myers Park's architectural centerpiece.

   Marshall ParkJames B. DukeC. C. Hook

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7. 1920

   Chatham Estates, a section of what is now Plaza-Midwood served by the Central Avenue streetcar line that ran up The Plaza and along Mecklenburg Avenue to the Mecklenburg (later Charlotte) Country Club, filled in with houses through the 1910s and early 1920s, contemporaneous with the development of Myers Park elsewhere in Charlotte.

   Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.

   Charlotte Street RailwayCharlotte Electric RailwayMarshall ParkMecklenburg Country Club

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8. 1922

   George Stephens resigned from active management of the Stephens Company in 1922 and moved to Asheville, after which new management showed less interest in Nolen's and Draper's planning principles and Draper's involvement in Myers Park ended.

   Marshall ParkJohn NolenKing GeorgeGeorge StephensEarle Sumner Draper

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9. 1928

   By 1928 the City of Charlotte had annexed virtually all of Myers Park, and that year the neighborhood received its own C. C. Hook-designed public elementary school on Radcliffe Avenue.

   Harding High SchoolSecond Ward High SchoolCentral High SchoolMarshall ParkC. C. Hook

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10. 1970 · 1970-09-01

    Beginning in fall 1970, students from West Mecklenburg, Harding, Garinger, North Mecklenburg, and Myers Park high schools were bused into West Charlotte High School under the Finger plan, and the initial rollout produced tension including riots at the school before it stabilized into an integrated campus.

    Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.

    Harding High SchoolSecond Ward High SchoolCentral High SchoolMarshall Park

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