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Charlotte NC Neighborhoods - Myers Park

There is no better introduction to Charlotte NC than a tour through historic Myers Park, via Queens Road.  Here some of the city’s grandest homes are framed by a canopy of massive, old willow oaks. Myers Park Charlotte NC emerged from a large cotton farm in 1911, when landscape architect John Nolen was hired to create a “garden suburb.”  John Nolen & others, including Earle Sumner Draper, used the winding paths, following the natural landscape to create, what many think is now Charlotte's most beautiful community.  Most of the historic homes in Myers Park reflect the Classic style from traditional brick Georgians to English Tudor.  

In recent years upscale condominim buildings have been erected along the Myers Park Selwyn Avenue corridor and many of the older homes have been revitalized and are simply spectacular.   Myers Park Charlotte NC is within walking distance to Freedom Park (which has some of the best lit public tennis courts in the area), Queens University, fine dining, upscale shopping and is only about 3 miles from Uptown Charlotte NC.

Homes in Myers Park Charlotte NC have retained their value over the years and shown steady but, not over-inflated appreciation.  A Myers Park address remains one of the most sought-after in the city!

Living in Myers Park Charlotte NC is pure luxury.  For listings in the Myers Park area, visit www.SoldByDebe.com.

Charlotte NC At a Glance

Incorporated in 1768 and named for the wife of King George III, Charlotte has consistently redeveloped herself, growing into the largest city in North Carolina.  The Queen City, as she is nicknamed, has gone from being an agrarian township to a gold town, textile center to a national banking giant. Presently, Charlotte is the second largest banking center in the United States of America second only to New York City.  

Visitors to the city are treated to historical attractions as well as a varied and vast range of events and recreational activities.  Charlotte NC is ideally located to take in the wonders of the state, as it is only a three-hour drive from the Atlantic beaches and only two hours from the Blue Ridge Mountains.  We enjoy four seasons, which lends to fabulous, year-round outdoor activities.  The Charlotte NC skyline boasts breathtaking skyscrapers, most famously the Hearst Tower, housing Hearst Publishing, and Bank of America Plaza building which is one of the tallest buildings in North Carolina.

Charlotte NC residents share major interests in the arts and sports, including many museums, professional football (Carolina Panthers), basketball (Charlotte Bobcats), semi-pro Charlotte Knights (baseball) and Charlotte Checkers (hockey).  Charlotte NC is also home to many NASCAR teams and houses the new NASCAR Hall of Fame Museum.  Come visit Charlotte NC and you too, will fall in love with this fabulous city! 

ORIENTATION: Charlotte is located in the Piedmont region (a plateau that lies between the coastal plains and the Appalachian Mountains) of North Carolina, along the state's southern border with South Carolina.   Columbia, SC, is just 94 miles south of Charlotte.   The triangle cities of Winston-Salem, High Point and Greensboro, NC are approximately 85 miles north of Charlotte NC. 

Visit Charlotte today!

Eastover, located just southeast of Charlotte’s Center City, formerly two dairy farms, (also formerly Myers Park Eastover), was developed by E. C. Griffith in 1927.   In the Eastover Charlotte NC community, history abounds!  Eastover is one of the most desired areas in Charlotte NC; the treescape in Eastover is simply breathtaking, especially in the spring when the pear trees are in bloom!

From the days of Earle Sumner Draper, the Southeastern US ‘premier’ urban planner to present day, Eastover has been the home of some of Charlotte’s most elite.  From cotton brokers to bankers to attorneys, the facilitators of Charlotte’s growth have resided in Eastover.  E.C. Griffith sought to create Eastover as a competitor to Myers Park.  Charlotte NC was headquarters to 770 textile mills, consuming more cotton than any other sector of the world.  In 1927, the piedmont North and South Carolina, officially surpassed New England in cotton cloth production. 

Charlotteans not only owned numerous mills and brokered much of their own cotton for the region, but boasted a large number of bankers, attorneys, stockbrokers, and leading retailers.  Griffith saw this elite, upper-income group as a potential market for a new suburb branching off of Myers Park, which was not completely developed at that time.  E.C. Griffith made a name for himself as a successful local real estate developer and the company remains one of the oldest in the city, dealing now primarily in commercial real estate. 

Nearly 600 homes make up the Eastover Charlotte NC neighborhood which is full of towering hardwoods, winding streets and amazing architecture. Eastover Elementary School is at the ‘heart’ of Eastover.  Small businesses outline the neighborhood on the east and winding sidewalks provide easy access for the residents. 

Early Eastover Charlotte NC architecture is primarily Georgian, mixed with Tudor, bungalow and Colonial.  One home, the Reynolds-Gourmajenko House of Tuscan Revival architecture exists on Providence Road; no home like it exists in Charlotte or Mecklenburg County.  As the commute to the city became a bit longer for suburbians, vacant lots quickly filled with new construction, mostly in-keeping with the Georgian theme.  Currently older estates are being renovated and are truly amazing. 

The Mint Museum of Art, the first branch of the US Mint, was transported to Eastover in pieces from its original location in Uptown to a site donated by E.C. Griffith Company.  Martin Boyer, who orchestrated the move, marked each and every stone before its move.

The Civil Works Administration, one of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal Agencies, provided the labor to resurrect the building as the Mint Museum of Art in 1936.   This was one of Charlotte's first historic preservation operations. 

Since the late 1800’s, prosperous Charlotteans have enjoyed living on the fringe of the Uptown (formerly Downtown!) area and Eastover was one of the city’s first suburbs.  Sometimes called ‘country homes,’ the Georgian homes in Eastover, Dilworth, Elizabeth and Myers Park were a mere 5¢ fare to Uptown Charlotte NC on the electric streetcar (1890’s).   The more impressive suburbs tended to be south or east of town, in essence, due to the fact that the city's only railroad bridges at the time, were on East Trade and East Morehead Streets.  Dozens of trains blocked the tracks on a daily basis creating a blockade surrounding the business district. 

Eastover Charlotte NC, not only rich in history, is considered one of the city's most sought-after neighborhoods where residents enjoy true neighborly relationships.  Families who have resided in Eastover for generations are more than welcoming to newcomers moving to Charlotte from all over the U.S. 

Visit Eastover Charlotte NC and savor a piece of history as your tour stately homes in this lovely neighborhood.

Stay tuned for a new Charlotte NC Eastover premier townhome coming on the market soon. Here's a sneak preview of the interior!

Copyright © 2009 By Debe Maxwell, All Rights Reserved...*Charlotte NC Eastover--Full of Local History*

Charlotte NC's LYNX Light Rail System

In keeping with Charlotte's cat theme (Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Bobcats, CATS [Charlotte Area Transit System]), the light rail, LYNX has become our new favorite means of transportation in the city!  Connectivity is key (hence the name, LYNX) in getting the city's south end transported into the city during rush hours. 

In November, 2007, the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) began operation of the 9.6-mile LYNX Blue Line light rail, after having been under construction since February, 2005.  The LYNX fleet includes sixteen Avanto light rail cars built by Siemens.  The line extends from Uptown Charlotte NC, southward to Pineville and runs almost parallel to I-77.  Previously used by the Charlotte Trolley, a heritage streetcar operation that also began running in tandem service with the LYNX trains beginning spring 2008, the line brings the suburbs into the city.

This model is patterned by the light rail in Houston, Texas, and has also been ordered by the city of Portland, Oregon.  Charlotteans have enthusiastically embraced the light rail after much ado about county expenditures to build the system.  This was demonstrated by the opening month’s records of carrying over 9,000 passenger trips per day.  CATS projects over 18,000 passenger riders by the year 2025. 

Visit Charlotte Center City Partners website for a LYNX interactive map.  

Come ride the LYNX today!  

There's a new live/work condo right on the line at New Bern Station that you MUST see--so, take the New Bern stop and pop over  to 3030 South and check out this one-of-a-kind live/work community in South End Charlotte NC.

Heydon Hall Charlotte NC Schools

Education, one of the fundamental aspects imparting culture from generation to generation, facilitates the realization of self-potential and the latent talents of each individual student. Heydon Hall Charlotte NC schools offer superior educational opportunities within each developmental level.

Heydon Hall Charlotte NC school children have available to them, diverse educational opportunities ranging from public to private to Montessori with a wide variety in each 'branch' of our education system.  The following list of schools is not a complete list, rather a sampling of schools available to Charlotte's Heydon Hall residents, both public and private.  A homeschool link is provided as well. 

Public school information at the CMS (Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools) site, has a complete list of elementary, middle and high schools with rankings, demographics, and individual school websites.

Homeschool information can be found at the Homeschool Alliance of North Carolina.

Private schools in Charlotte NC:

Read more about Charlotte's SouthPark area here.
Heydon Hall introduction.
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If you need more information about Heydon Hall in Charlotte NC, or would like to preview any of our gorgeous Heydon Hall listings, please give us a call or email us and we'll be glad to give you a private tour!

About the author:

Debe Maxwell is a Charlotte Residential Real Estate Broker, Certified Neighborhood & Relocation Specialist, ABR & e-PRO who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in the Charlotte NC Metro Area.  If you're relocating to or from any other area of the country, Debe connects you with any member of her team of relocation professionals in your destination or exit city of choice.  The destination service is of no cost to you!  The Maxwell House Group's quality service guarantee puts this team far ahead of the competition; providing unsurpassed customer service is their #1 priority!  Debe Maxwell -- Helen Adams Realty -- 704.491.3310

Disclaimer:  All information provided by this author is strictly an opinion, is not guaranteed, may be based on information collected from several sources, which may or may not be deemed reliable at the time of researching this article and may be time sensitive.

Check out the schools, then let's go shopping for Heydon Hall, Charlotte NC homes for sale!

Charlotte NC School Assignments Chantilly Neighborhood  

Schools are all within close proximity to Chantilly.  The public schools to which Chantilly children are assigned are as follows (see below for private school  list for the Charlotte NC Chantilly community)

CHANTILLY MONTESSORI SCHOOL

Principal: Dr. Leslie McCarley
Address: 701 Briar Creek Road
Charlotte, NC 28205
Phone: (980)343-0692
Fax: (980)343-0694
School Website :  http://pages.cms.k12.nc.us/chantilly/
E-mail the School

Chantilly Montessori School, a full-magnet program through CMS, offers the Montessori philosophy of learning that concentrates on multi-age, self-paced learning.  This focus is achieved by integrating instruction across the curriculum, lending more opportunity to observe, discover and experiment with children of different 'grade levels' but, who are on a similar learning level.  The enriched ciurriculum was developed to respond to developmental needs, not age-based needs.  The environment is caring and nurturing and has proven to be extremely successful since Dr. Maria Montessroi's creation over 100 years ago.   The school continues to build a highly effective School Leadership Team and a very active PTA.

What are parents saying about Chantilly Montessori School?

"I am thrilled with the individual attention available to both the children and the parents (at Chantilly Montessori). If I have a question, it gets answered. If my son is having a problem, we work together to find a solution. We know each other - parents, students teachers - and their is truly a spirit of community, which I honestly did not expect to find to this degree in a public school setting." Megan Merchant

EASTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL

Principal: Ms. Anne Brinkley
Address: 1501 Norland Road
Charlotte, NC 28205
Phone: (980)343-6410
Fax: (980)343-6406
School Website :  http://pages.cms.k12.nc.us/eastway/
E-mail the School

Eastway Middle School offers a strong, rigorous academic program that concentrates on leadership and global economics. This focus is achieved by integrating instruction across the curriculum and in the arts.  The use of technology enhances academic areas and includes video production and computers. Eastway Middle School also has a strong Character Education focus to support whole child development. The school was named a Priority School under the N.C. ABC's goals. The school is building a highly effective School Leadership Team and an active PTA.
Programs Offered at Eastway Middle School: Leadership and Global Economics Magnet Program, Scholars, Community in Schools, AVID,  Citizen Schools (After School Program), Battle of the Books,  Power of Girls.

MYERS PARK HIGH SCHOOL

Principal:  Tom Spivey
Address:  2400 Colony Road
Charlotte, NC 28209
Phone: (980)343-5800
Fax: (980)343-5803

Websites: http://www.mphs-ptsa.org/ & http://pages.cms.k12.nc.us/mphs/ 

• Named one of Newsweek Magazine’s 100 Best High Schools in America

• Since 1951, when first opened,  Myers Park has excelled in academic and athletic competitions

• A collegiate-like campus consisting of 13 buildings on 62 acres

• Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and honors courses are offered in most academic areas

• An integrated community which allows its students to experience people of different cultures, races and economic backgrounds, attracting students from 37 countries
  

• Well prepared, dedicated teachers who provide an outstanding total educational experience
  
  
• Myers Park HS achieves highest SAT scores of all CMS schools
  
  
• Myers Park ranked 38 out of 27,000+ high schools by Newsweek magazine

Some of the area private schools which some Chantilly children attend include:

Providence Day
 · Grades K-12
5800 Sardis Road, Charlotte, NC 28270
(704) 887-7041

 Charlotte Country Day School
· Grades PK-12
1440 Carmel Road, Charlotte, NC 28226
(704) 943-4500

 Charlotte Jewish Day School
· Grades K-5
P.O. Box 21209, Charlotte, NC 28277
(704) 366-4558

 Carmel Christian School
· Grades K- 8
1145 Pineville Matthews
Matthews, NC 28105
704-849-9723


Charlotte Catholic
 · Grades 9-12
7702 Pineville Matthews Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226
(704) 543-1127

 Charlotte Christian
· Grades PK-12
7301 Sardis Road, Charlotte, NC 28270
(704) 366-5657

 Charlotte Latin
· Grades K-12
9502 Providence Road, Charlotte, NC 28277
(704) 846-1100

For a more detailed list and statistics for each school, click here.

Homeschool information can be found at the Homeschool Alliance of North Carolina.

About the author:

Debe Maxwell is a Charlotte Residential Real Estate Broker, Certified Neighborhood & Relocation Specialist, ABR & e-PRO who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in the Charlotte NC Metro Area.  If you're relocating to or from any other area of the country, Debe connects you with any member of her team of relocation professionals in your destination or exit city of choice.  The destination service is of no cost to you!  The Maxwell House Group's quality service guarantee puts this team far ahead of the competition; providing unsurpassed customer service is their #1 priority!  Debe Maxwell -- Helen Adams Realty -- 704.491.3310

Disclaimer:  All information provided by this author is strictly an opinion, is not guaranteed, may be based on information collected from several sources, which may or may not be deemed reliable at the time of researching this article and may be time sensitive.

Let's go shopping for Charlotte NC homes for sale in the Chantilly Community!