Sole survivor of the Flattops has a new use
WEBDec 11, 2014 — The area known as Lexington Manor and nicknamed the Flattops because of the homes’ flat roofs, was the first housing for workers who arrived at the new Patuxent River Naval Air Station in...
Oral Histories Of Lexington Park “Flat Tops” Now Available Online!
WEBJan 2, 2024 — The Lexington Manor Oral History collection features eight interviews with former residents of the Lexington Park and Lexington Manor neighborhoods, both from their early days as WWII and...
St. Mary's County collects Flattops history - The BayNet
WEBMay 24, 2007 — A survey of Lexington Manor’s, (also known as “Flat Tops”) cultural heritage is being conducted by St. Mary’s County. To date, the County has acquired the property, provided relocation...
Architectural Significance of the First Lexington Park Community
WEBJan 5, 2013 — Nicknamed the “Flat Tops,” this single survivor from the original mid-1940s Lexington Manor developed features the side addition added to many of these homes during the 1960s. Photo courtesy: St. Mary’s County Government
The Flattops Evolve: Into a Tree Museum – St. Mary’s CDC
WEBJun 28, 2016 — Hundreds of Japanese flowering cherry trees and massive oaks reaching their three-quarter-century mark, fill 85 acres along Route 235 that were once Lexington Manor. Better known as The Flattops, the neighborhood in the heart of Lexington Park was razed in 2004, leaving the roads, vast lawns, and museum quality trees.
Lexington Manor: Oral Histories of the “Flat Tops”
WEBBefore Lexington Park was a bustling town of almost 13,000 residents, it was a neighborhood of 350 houses known to many as “the Flat Tops”. This neighborhood, called Lexington Park, was built during WWII by the Navy to house the unprecedented number of people who moved to the County to work at the newly minted Naval Air Station Patuxent ...
Flat Tops Historical Reunion | Southern Maryland Community …
WEBJun 11, 2007 — With the involvement of Maryland Historic Trust and a team of folklorists, St. Mary’s County hopes to identify and document numerous aspects of life in the Flat Tops for deposit with the Maryland Historical Trust Library, Lexington Park Library, and the Patuxent Naval Air Museum.
Preserved Flattop Opens to the Public - lexleader.net
WEBDec 9, 2014 — The one duplex on Coral Drive was preserved out of the 171 duplexes originally constructed. The public is invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of work at the former flattop house at John G. Lancaster Park in Lexington Park.park along Willows Road.
Flattops-Carver Hts. Exhibit Visits Pax River Air Museum
WEBMay 19, 2020 — With the support of a Southern Maryland Heritage Area grant and interns from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the CDC built on oral histories collected from former residents of Lexington Manor — colloquially known as the Flattops — and Carver Heights.
Oral Histories of the Flat Tops Available - lexleader.net
WEBDec 20, 2023 — The St. Mary’s County Historical Society has available oral histories of the Lexington Manor housing development, also known as the Flat Tops. Lexington Manor was built in 1944 to house the influx of workers flocking to the county to build the new Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
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