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Board
Meetings: Board Meetings are held
the first Wednesday of every month at The
Annual Assessment for 2006
is $38.60. Annual assessments can be mailed to the Revell Downs
address listed in the contact information section of the website.
The Revell Downs development was built on the Labrot Race Track site on the Broadneck Peninsula. A report from Mack's Memories reads as follows: "...Between Persimmon Point Road and Bayhead Road was the Labrot Race Track, now Revell Downs development. The race track which was built around 1910, the creosoted lumber being brought up Whitehall Creek to the Barchet farm to be sledged by horse team across to the track, was active until after World War II. There are pictures of it at the Broadneck Grill. In 1953 the first Anne Arundel County Fair was held there." Reported from Mack's Memories from http://www.st-margarets.org/mack1.htm. Further research lead to the first Anne Arundel County Fair in the fall of 1953. An exerpt from "The history of the Anne Aurndel County Fair" reads as follows "The first Fair was held at the old Labrot Race Track near Sandy Point through the courtesy of Mrs. Spence. There were beef and dairy cattle, chickens and pigeons of all sorts, farm produce, home goods food and clothes, pigs, sheep, a horse pulling contest, rides, games, food, a queen contest and educational exhibits. Crowds of people came - over 20,000! Someone even said all of Anne Arundel County! The race track was a dusty, red clay that day. A Sunday morning ride through town showed just who attended the four day Fair. It was a place for old friends to exchange warm pleasantries. The following year, 1953, the fair moved to the new Sandy Point State Park where it remained for 25 years. Several buildings existed already and more were added. Parking lots were established. It was a good place to be and the park people were very helpful." Reported from "The history of the Anne Aurndel County Fair" from http://www.aacountyfair.org/history.html. There is also reference to the neighborhood as being a horseracing track on an article bu Gene Miller entitled "From Here to the Beach". This is a trip report of what you will discover if you drive from the I-495 Beltway and the Hwy 50 Interchange. This was posted from the August 2004 of The Washingtonian, placed on the Washingtonian Online website. The Holly Beach Farm, located next to Sandy Point State Park, was the homesite for the Labrot Family, who owned land between Cape St. Claire and Sandy Point. The house is being restored by Bohl Architects in Annapolis. Reported at http://users.bestweb.net/~jgiov/hollybeach/hollybeach.htm History on the name "Revell": The Anne Arundel Genealogical Society reports on a list of Towns in Anne Arundel County in 1903 the following : "Revell: post village in Anne Arundel County on the Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line " Reported at http://www.aagensoc.org/aatowns.shtml. From our January 2006 Newsletter, it was written that the streets in the neighborhood are names after winning horses. The following horses were Kentucky Derby Winners: Tim Tam (1958), Cary Back (1961), Majestic Prince (1969), Secretariat (1973), Cannonade (1974, Foolish Pleasure (1975). Holly Beach Farm Links Conversation Fund Earns "Best Land Deal" Award For Chesapeake Bay Project |
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Schools
- Schools serving our neighborhood are
as follows
Windsor Farms
Elementary School - Severn River
Middle School - Broadneck
High School - For
further information, please
visit the Anne Arundel County Public
School System
Other Links City of Annapolis Anne Arundel Public Library Anne Arundel County Government State of Maryland Anne Arundel County Department of Health |
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