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5001-5007 Lakeland Rd Parcel 15/8

Sandidge was a leader in the Lakeland community for many years. She served as president of the Lakeland Civic Association and as a deaconess of First Baptist Church. With the implementation of the Lakeland Urban Renewal Project, the Sandidge family home was slated for demolition. Sandidge, her husband Enoch, and their family moved out of the community. Below, the Sandidge family gathered during the 1975 banquet. The children standing in front are Marcus Waddy and Trina Thompson. Standing left to right are (second row) Gela Portee, Jennie Thompson, Connie Sandidge, Hattie Sandidge, Enoch Sandidge, Wiley Portee, and Myra Wood; (third row) Jean Sandidge, Cheryl Thompson, Bonita Waddy, Ronald Brooks, Gela Sandidge Brooks, and Danny Thompson.

Parcel 19-7 Block 44 East 1/2 lot 6 Joseph A. & Eleanor M. Galvagna

The Dory family home. It was moved in the early 1900s from College Avenue in Old Town College Park to its current location on Navahoe Street. In the 1940s, they were the first family on the street to have a telephone, and they took calls for the whole neighborhood.

8121 54th Avenue Block 44 Lots 2 and 3 Gilbert Thomas

Earlene Williams, Marva McGee and friend

5402 Cleveland Ave Carl E. Cager, et al

Banquet in honor of community leader Hattie Sandidge. Held at Paint Branch School on Pierce Ave in 1975.

4800 Lakeland Rd West 69 ft. of Lot 10 in Block 12 Harold W. & Julia M. Pitts

5400 Cleveland Ave Block 45, Lot 6 Project Parcel 18-3

Leonard Smith and Mamie McCorkle 8200 Rhode Island Avenue Pride of Bladensburg Lodge #514 I.B.P.O.E.W.

East side of Winnepeg from in front of lot 6, block 35 looking north

"Looking Southeast toward Navahoe Street from 8000 block of 54th Ave" Note attached is not correct. View was from Lakeland Road. The rail crossing was not visible from Navahoe St.

8104 and 8106 48th Avenue Block 19 E. 87.1 of Lot 1 Project Parcel 23-1

With the limited access African Americans had to public spaces until the 1960s, this building on western Navahoe Street was forced to serve a multitude of functions. It was designated “Lakeland’s Hall” because it served as an informal community center as well as a place for public meetings, dances, wedding receptions, and church services. On Saturday, it became a movie theater. The building is shown here circa 1965. This hall replaced an earlier structure that was located in the central section of the community.

Banquet in Honor of Hattie Sandidge hosted by the Lakeland Civic Association in 1975,

J. Chesley Mack, sometimes referred to as the unofficial mayor of Lakeland, operated Mack’s Market on Rhode Island Avenue. It was a general store with an ice cream counter and billiard parlor on the main floor, and rental apartments on the second floor. Mack also worked as a chef at the University of Maryland and served as Lakeland’s City Council representative from 1945 until 1957.

Embry AME Church 72th anniversary

5415 Detroit Ave Block 44 Lots 1, 12, 13,14, 15 Earl & Velma Weygandt & Carter Weygandt Eng. Inc.

4904 Navahoe St Thomas & Elsie Moody

Testimonial Dinner for Hattie Sandidge

The Lakeland Civic Association honored prominent community member Hattie Sandidge with a gala banquet on June 7, 1975 to recognize her many years of service and leadership in the Lakeland community.

8111 54th Avenue Walter and Mildred Lassick Project Parcel 19-4 Block 44 Lot 4

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

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

4808 Lakeland Rd, Floyd & Azalian Ross Block 12 Lot 12. Project Parcel 24-7

8111 54th Ave Walter & Mildred Lassick Project Parcel 19-4 Block 44 Lot 4

Members of the 1975 Banquet Planning Committee honoring civic leader Hattie Sandidge included many steadfast members of the Lakeland Civic Association and longtime Lakeland residents. They are, from left to right, (first row) Lois Copeland, Mary Lyons, Mary Weems Braxton, and Julia Mack Carroll; (second row) Harry Braxton Sr., Thelma Lomax, Julia Pitts, and James Claiborne. The Lakeland Civic Association has been active continuously since the 1930s. George Brooks Sr. served as president for twenty-five years. He was succeeded by James Claiborne, Leonard Smith, Elwood Gross, Julia Carroll, Hattie Sandidge, Dervey Lomax, James Weems, James Adams, Fannie Featherstone, Karen Roberts, Maxine Gross, Diane Weems Ligon, Monroe Dennis, and Robert Thurston. The Lakeland Civic Association continues to work to preserve and improve Lakeland as a residential community and to protect its unique heritage.

Lakeland Rd

4908 Navahoe Street Grace & Vardell C. Nesbitt Block 16 E. 45' of lot 7 & 7 &E 10' of lot 6 Project Parcel 20-5

Frontage on Baltimore Ave

8121 54th Ave Gilbert Thomas Lot 2, Block 44, Parcel 19-3

Nora Thomas 4806 Lakeland Rd Lot 11, Block 12 & 24, Parcel 16

8604 56th Avenue Part of a series titled "Flood photos" Location may be in Berwyn Heights near eastern Lakeland

Navahoe Street and 48th Ave Block 17, Lots A7, F7,A8,F8, C6,F6 National Mobile Village Project Parcel 21-1

Navahoe Street, 48th Ave & Melbourne Pl William A. Albaugh Block 18 Lots 14 thru 21 Project Parcel 22-1

electric power station located Lakeland Road and 54th Avenue, Lakeland

4904 Navahoe St Block 16 Part of lot 6, Parcel 20-7 Thomas & Elsie Moody

4906 Navahoe --Georgianna Hughes, John F. & Gloria Smith

J. Chesley Mack, sometimes referred to as the unofficial mayor of Lakeland, operated Mack’s Market on Rhode Island Avenue. It was a general store with an ice cream counter and billiard parlor on the main floor, and rental apartments on the second floor. Mack also worked as a chef at the University of Maryland and served as Lakeland’s City Council representative from 1945 until 1957.