12408 Stonehaven Lane (House), Bowie, Prince George`s County, MD
The house at 12408 Stonehaven Lane is a representative example of The Rancher model at Belair. It is located in Somerset, the first completed and occupied section of the development. The house retains a particularly high degree of integrity; except for the painted brick, it appears much as it did when Levitt and Sons built the house in 1960-61. The Rancher was the only Levitt and Sons model from Levittown, New Jersey, replicated "as is" for the 1961 product line used to launch Belair. It appealed to the company because The Rancher added greater variety to the suburban streetscape and met consumer demand for one-story houses, which was, without a question, the most popular postwar form. The original purchasers of this model would have made their decision based on the identical one constructed at the sales and exhibit center, now located at 12405 Sussex Lane (HABS No. MD-1269).
12408 Stonehaven Lane (House), Bowie, Prince George`s County, MD
The house at 12408 Stonehaven Lane is a representative example of The Rancher model at Belair. It is located in Somerset, the first completed and occupied section of the development. The house retains a particularly high degree of integrity; except for the painted brick, it appears much as it did when Levitt and Sons built the house in 1960-61. The Rancher was the only Levitt and Sons model from Levittown, New Jersey, replicated "as is" for the 1961 product line used to launch Belair. It appealed to the company because The Rancher added greater variety to the suburban streetscape and met consumer demand for one-story houses, which was, without a question, the most popular postwar form. The original purchasers of this model would have made their decision based on the identical one constructed at the sales and exhibit center, now located at 12405 Sussex Lane (HABS No. MD-1269).
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
