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Online Membership Payments
You may join or renew your LMA membership by visiting https://lefferts-manor-association.square.site/ .
Membership is $25* per household, $15* for seniors.
Membership includes one holiday wreath, and extras are available for purchase at $12* each.
Wreath distribution day for 2024 will be Saturday, December 7th.
*an additional $1 merchant fee will be added to each membership or extra wreath purchased.
Tag Archives: centennial
The Changing Face of Lefferts Manor 1983 – 1993 – Lefferts Farm Divided
John Lefferts died in 1895 marking a turning point in the transition of rural farm lands to suburban residences. Breaking with patrilineal traditions, he willed his property to his seven children who knew the value of the land was in … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, centennial, historical, single-family covenant
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The Changing Face of Lefferts Manor 1893 – 1993 – Emerging Middle Class & Victorian Ideal of Family and Home
By the end of the 19th Century, factories rather than farms became the dominant mode of production in the United States. As the industrializing city became more congested and polluted, the notion of the single-family house as haven from the … Continue reading
The Changing Face of Lefferts Manor 1893 – 1993 – Architecture
The architectural structure of Lefferts Manor as a rowhouse neighborhood has survived virtually unchanged since the time of its development. By 1899 four houses were built and sold. 507 homes were constructed between 1905 and 1922. The final three houses … Continue reading
The Changing Face of Lefferts Manor 1893 – 1993
By Mary Miller In 1993 the Lefferts Manor Association sponsored an exhibit at the Lefferts Homestead in Prospect Park. The exhibit was a celebration of the centennial of the founding of the Lefferts Manor development, which grew from the Lefferts’ … Continue reading