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No # 55th Ave Block 44 Lots 7-11 Project Parcel 19-8 Leon & Marionette Kelley

East side of Rail Crossing. Block 45 Lots 1-5 Project Parcel 18-2

Home of Harold and Julia Pitts on Pierce Avenue. Home was built by Rev. Pitts as family relocated as they were required to leave their western Lakeland home during urban renewal. A teacher and school children from Paint Branch School across the street are shown as they view the worksite.

Mack's Market store with apartments above

This Navahoe Street residence was built around 1900 and is believed to be one of the original houses built by Lakeland developer Edwin Newman. This house was once home for Leonhard and Elizabeth Exel, German immigrants who were the last white family to leave the community in the late 1940s. The home was purchased by Thomas and Agnes Randall in 1951. Since that time it has sheltered three generations of their family. The home was a frequent gathering place for the youngsters of Lakeland.

At Baltimore Avenue and Navahoe Street

Paul & Delores Parker 5400 Cleveland Ave. Block 45 Lot 6 Project Parcel 18-3

Block 45, Lot 6 Project Parcel 18-3 5400 Cleveland Ave Paul & Dolores Parker

Located in the western section of Lakeland, the Elks Home, seen here circa 1965, was owned and operated by the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, an organization created in 1899 in answer to the exclusion of African Americans from the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The group was a social and charitable fraternal organization. To raise funds, it hosted regular events that were open to those living in Lakeland and the surrounding communities. Most fondly remembered are the annual carnivals held on the grounds of the building, and the parades through the streets of Lakeland.

Baltimore Boulevard & Navahoe Street Motel owned by Buddy Lutz

During the period of this image the building featured a belfry with a bell. The church sexton, Mr. James Clemons lived just across Lakeland Road and would arrive early for Sunday services to ring that bell.

Eastern Lakeland

5017 Lakeland Rd Parcel 15-3 Thelma Fulcher

Home once owned by Cuban immigrant Marcelino Cordove. Family also ran a lodging business made up of "tourist homes" nearby.

5400 Cleveland Avenue Paul and Delores Parker

Home of Thelma and Dervey Lomax their sons Elston, Gregory, as well as Dervey's parents Charles and Etelka Lomax

4910 Navahoe Street Leonard Smith and Mamie McCorkle Parcel 20 Block 4 Block 16 lot 2

Leonard Smith and Mamie McCorkle 4910 Navahoe Street Parcel 20 Block 4 Block 16 lot 2

54th Avenue eastern Lakeland

Rear and side views 5030 Navahoe Street Property owned by Bessie Mack, John Chesley Mack, Jr & Julia E. Carroll. After the fire in the building.

4906 Navahoe St Project Parcel 20-6

Weygandt property

Located on the corner of Lakeland Road and Rhode Island Avenue. It was a neighbored store with lunch counter and a jukebox. The building included apartment units and at times a dry cleaners and hair stylist.

One of Lakeland’s larger houses is pictured above. Located on western Navahoe Street, it was purchased by Richard and Mary Walls in 1925 and used as a rooming house. Property records note this parcel as being a multi-living unit on multiple lots. This part of Lakeland between U.S. Route 1 and Rhode Island Avenue was the most densely populated area and was frequently challenged by flooding. In the early 1960s, community leaders sought help from their city government to solve the flooding problem and to help some residents renovate their homes to meet modern standards.

55th Avenue (no #) Block 44 lots 7-11 Leon & Marionette Kelley

Urban Renewal parcel 20-19 4800 Navahoe Street, Block 16 lot 1 Morton and Phylis G. Frank, c/o Republic Savings and Loan Association

8011 Winnepeg

48th Avenue Part of urban renewal redevelopment

Urban Renewal Parcel 8 Block 15 5001-5007 Lakeland Rd. Notes include "Reports made good living from store. Apt living room, kitchen bath and 1 bedroom. (3) store + 5 apts rent was $68.50 landlord paid water."

5017 Lakeland Rd

Navahoe St

Leon & Marionette Kelley (no #) 55th Ave Block 44 Lots 7-11