This blog is incomplete. Try as I might, I was unable to definitively write the ending, and I don't know where else to look. I am publishing it anyhow, in the hopes that someone in Cambridge Park may have some original information on their home somewhere that will unlock the remaining mystery.
A few weeks ago, I posted a headline from the Courier Post on the 50th Anniversary of the announcement of Cambridge Park in September 1969. It was noted in the article that the land for Cambridge Park had previously been subdivided for the South Crossing and Mayfair at Marlton developments. I had already written about South Crossing, so I knew exactly where that was, but I was unfamiliar with Mayfair at Marlton. At first I assumed that it was Mayfair at Evesham, a development off Evesboro-Medford Road built in the late 80s. But Mayfair at Marlton was completely unrelated to that development. It was while I was researching Mayfair at Marlton that I became totally confused, because it turns out that there wasn't just one Mayfair at Marlton development - there were actually two of them!
The first Mayfair at Marlton was located on the south side of Route 70, in the area that is today known as Heritage, though the story begins even before Heritage, with the birth of Georgetowne. Georgetowne was a neighborhood that was planned originally as a huge development of 4000 homes on 1500 acres of farmland that was first announced in 1955. While 4000 were originally planned, less than 200 were built. You can see them on the bottom half of the map below, an aerial from 1957, all the houses surrounded by dirt.
After the developers for Georgetowne sold their interest in the remaining land, it was taken over by Marlton Associates, who had plans for a 2200 home community, with groundbreaking for the new neighborhood taking place on October 27, 1956.
The grand opening of Mayfair at Marlton took place on April 28, 1957 with 4 sample homes to tour. These 4 sample houses are visible in the top right of the aerial photo above, on the south side of Blanchard Road. They were 3 and 4 bedroom homes and sold for between $13,990 and $18,490
Marlton Associates eventually abandoned the neighborhood after only a few dozen were built in 1958. The rest of the area was developed as Heritage Village beginning in 1959.
The name Mayfair at Marlton was not yet finished in Marlton however. A decade later, in 1968, another neighborhood with the same name (but no relation) began on the other side of Route 70.
The new Mayfair at Marlton is located just north of Route 70, in the same area where South Crossing was being developed. It was a planned 630 home development being built by Nathan S Siegel. Like the prior Mayfair at Marlton, it built only a few houses and then sold its stake to the company that eventually developed Cambridge Park. I have been unable to determine exactly where these homes were built, but I believe they are in the southern portion of Cambridge Park, in the area right next to South Crossing, in the Colonial, Chadwick, Kent area, near Route 70.
Do you know a Mayfair at Marlton home? I'd love to get some additional information if you want to post it here, or email me at MarltonNeil@yahoo.com.
A few weeks ago, I posted a headline from the Courier Post on the 50th Anniversary of the announcement of Cambridge Park in September 1969. It was noted in the article that the land for Cambridge Park had previously been subdivided for the South Crossing and Mayfair at Marlton developments. I had already written about South Crossing, so I knew exactly where that was, but I was unfamiliar with Mayfair at Marlton. At first I assumed that it was Mayfair at Evesham, a development off Evesboro-Medford Road built in the late 80s. But Mayfair at Marlton was completely unrelated to that development. It was while I was researching Mayfair at Marlton that I became totally confused, because it turns out that there wasn't just one Mayfair at Marlton development - there were actually two of them!
The first Mayfair at Marlton was located on the south side of Route 70, in the area that is today known as Heritage, though the story begins even before Heritage, with the birth of Georgetowne. Georgetowne was a neighborhood that was planned originally as a huge development of 4000 homes on 1500 acres of farmland that was first announced in 1955. While 4000 were originally planned, less than 200 were built. You can see them on the bottom half of the map below, an aerial from 1957, all the houses surrounded by dirt.
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| 1957 Aerial - the 4 houses in the top right, just south of Route 70, are Mayfair At Marlton (Photo courtesy of John Flack) |
After the developers for Georgetowne sold their interest in the remaining land, it was taken over by Marlton Associates, who had plans for a 2200 home community, with groundbreaking for the new neighborhood taking place on October 27, 1956.
The grand opening of Mayfair at Marlton took place on April 28, 1957 with 4 sample homes to tour. These 4 sample houses are visible in the top right of the aerial photo above, on the south side of Blanchard Road. They were 3 and 4 bedroom homes and sold for between $13,990 and $18,490
Marlton Associates eventually abandoned the neighborhood after only a few dozen were built in 1958. The rest of the area was developed as Heritage Village beginning in 1959.
The name Mayfair at Marlton was not yet finished in Marlton however. A decade later, in 1968, another neighborhood with the same name (but no relation) began on the other side of Route 70.
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| 1968 ad for the new Mayfair at Marlton |
The new Mayfair at Marlton is located just north of Route 70, in the same area where South Crossing was being developed. It was a planned 630 home development being built by Nathan S Siegel. Like the prior Mayfair at Marlton, it built only a few houses and then sold its stake to the company that eventually developed Cambridge Park. I have been unable to determine exactly where these homes were built, but I believe they are in the southern portion of Cambridge Park, in the area right next to South Crossing, in the Colonial, Chadwick, Kent area, near Route 70.
Do you know a Mayfair at Marlton home? I'd love to get some additional information if you want to post it here, or email me at MarltonNeil@yahoo.com.
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