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...
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 1943...
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 …
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. This panel was funded by our Partners for Preservation: Navmar Applied Science Corporation; The …
WEBOral Histories of Lexington Park “Flattops” Now Available Online! LEONARDTOWN, MD – The St. Mary’s County Historical Society, in partnership with St. Mary’s County Government is pleased to announce the digitization of the Lexington Manor Oral History Collection, which is now available to the public on the St. Mary’s County Historical
The Flattops Evolve: Into a Tree Museum – St. Mary’s CDC
WEBJun 28, 2016 · 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. “It’s art,” said Roz Racanello, project manager of CDC efforts to develop public art projects.
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.
Reclaiming Flat Tops' Repute - The Washington Post
WEBJun 24, 2007 · Anthony and her husband paid $35 a month to rent their two-bedroom home. Sixty years later, almost no visible sign remains of the Flat Tops, which got that name because of their flat roofs....
John Cook collection on Lexington Park Flat Top Real Estate …
WEBCollection contains 8 photographs and one architectural drawing of the “Flat Top” neighborhood of Lexington Park, built by the United States Navy in 1943 and designed by the renown architectural firm Kahn and Jacobs.
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