Myers Park (Charlotte)

Myers Park Historic District
Withers Building, Queens University campus, July 2007
Myers Park (Charlotte) is located in North Carolina
Myers Park (Charlotte)
Myers Park (Charlotte) is located in the United States
Myers Park (Charlotte)
LocationRoughly bounded by NC 16, E and W Queens Rd., and Lillington Ave., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates35°11′33″N 80°49′59″W / 35.19250°N 80.83306°W / 35.19250; -80.83306
Area597 acres (242 ha)
ArchitectJohn Nolen
Earle Sumner Draper
Louis H. Asbury
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.87000655[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 10, 1987

Myers Park is a neighborhood and historic district in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.[2]

Neighborhoods that are near Myers Park include Dilworth and Sedgefield to the west, Eastover to the east, Uptown Charlotte to the north, and South Park and Foxcroft to the south. The Little Sugar Creek Greenway runs along the western edge of the neighborhood, adjacent to Freedom Park. Though its boundaries originally coincided with the boundaries of the 1,220-acre (4.9 km2) John Spring Myers farm, the neighborhood, by 2008, comprised 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) and had a population of 9,809. Myers Park is bounded by Queens Road to the north, Providence Road to the east, Sharon Road to the south, and Park Road to the west.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "2008 Neighborhood Quality of Life Study: Myers Park". charmeck.org Web Site. City of Charlotte and the County of Mecklenburg. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2008.