Little New Zion Fire Baptized Holiness Church of the Americas building was erected as a Rosenwald school, Lakeland Elementary School. In 1950 when high school classes in Lakeland were transferred to Fairmont Heights High the younger grades moved from this building to the old high school on 54th Avenue.
Berkley Apartments and Townhomes
In 1970, Prince George’s County officials reported that only a few of Lakeland’s streets were paved, lighting was inadequate, and home values lagged behind those of neighboring white communities. The report failed to mention contributing influences, such as the disparity in economic prospects and the lack of financing opportunities for residential and commercial properties. African Americans were primarily dependent on unregulated private lenders; bank mortgages were rarely granted. Above are two homes on Pierce Avenue circa 1965. Here are Two homes on Lakeland Road circa 1968.
Embry AME Church was founded in 1903 in the home of Samuel and Georgianna Stewart. The congregation built a chapel in 1905 in a low-lying section of the community. In 1918, the building was moved to a site on Lakeland Road. In 1920, a new church on the same location replaced the chapel. Over time, a parish hall and study were added. The building is shown here around 1965. (Courtesy of Thelma Lomax)
In the 1940s, Stewart’s Tavern opened in Nellie Stewart’s home on western Navahoe Street. In the 1950s, her son Henry Conway, a brick mason, and some of his friends built a separate structure next door for the establishment. They renamed it Four Brothers Tavern. When the business was sold to Leonard Smith in the mid-1960s, it became known as Lakeland Tavern. The building was razed in the 1970s, not long after this photograph was taken, to make way for Lakeland’s federally funded urban renewal project.
5402 Cleveland Ave Block 45 Lot 7 Carl Cager, et al.
4903 Navahoe St Block 12 Lot 3 Mary E. Stewart, Samuel R, Earl and Raymond Conway Project Parcel 24-3
This motel had its front along Baltimore Avenue and was part of the Lakeland subdivision. It was not part of the Lakeland community as for much of its history the establishment did not serve African Americans
8111 54th Avenue Walter and Mildred Lassick Project Parcel 19-4 Block 44 Lot 4
Block 45 Lot 7 5402 Cleveland Ave Carl Cager, et al.
8121 54th Avenue Block 44 Lots 2 and 3
4908 Navahoe St Grace & Vardell Nesbitt Urban Renewal Parcel 20-5 Block 16 w45'. Lot 6
Leon & Marionette T. Kelly 55th Ave Block 44 Lots 7,8,9,10 & 11
George and Jeanette Brooks built this house in 1955 on Lakeland Road. It was a new and modern home for a growing family. They lived here for only about twenty years, as the house fell victim in the late 1970s to the urban renewal project in the community.
The intersection of Rhode Island Avenue, Lakeland Road, and Navahoe Street was the hub of Lakeland. Electric streetcars connected the community with the District of Columbia from 1895 until 1962. Mack’s Market, Black’s Store, the Elks Home, Lakeland Hall, and Miss Waller’s Beauty parlor were located near the streetcar stop. Black’s Store, shown here circa 1969, was owned by Charles Black. It had four apartments, a dry cleaners, and a beauty parlor, along with a store that sold groceries and snacks. With a lunch counter and juke box, the establishment became a popular place for teens to gather, eat, dance, and enjoy being together.
4704 Lakeland Rd Block 19 w 50" of lot 11 Urban Renewal Parcel 23-9 J. Victor Dickey
Streetcar right of way is in view
5108 Pierce Avenue
Edwards house twenty years after #16 1966 without car.
Merrill & Hazel V. Thomas 4902 Lakeland Road East 44.5 ft of East 80 Ft of Lot 14 in Block 12 Urban Renewal Parcel 21 in Block 24
Clara Ogle at Edwards home. Ms. Ogle was raised as part of the Edwards family, she was a 1st cousin to the children. (Source: master photo log.xls)
8005 48th Ave.-Manton L. & Dalphine A. Chapman
4808 Lakeland Rd, Floyd & Azalian Ross Block 12 Lot 12. Project Parcel 24-7
5402 Cleveland Avenue Urban Renewal Parcel 18 Block 4 Block 45 Lot 7 Carl Cager, Florence Hall & James Hall
8111 54th Ave Walter & Mildred Lassick Project Parcel 19-4 Block 44 Lot 4
5017 Lakeland Rd Thelma Fulcher
School yard with basketball players
After demolition
