Captain Frank C. Martin

Pan American pilot and community founder · Richmond Heights

First documented act

1949

Role class

founder or core figure of one node

Community

Richmond Heights · census designated place

Status as of 11 September 2026

historical

Historical state

pre Andrew

Connections

0 edges, 0 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 162 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.000 (rank 73)

Confidence

High · sources: [T40], [T7] (register)

Frank Crawford Martin, a Pan American pilot, buys about 3,000 acres of farmland beside the wartime Richmond blimp base in 1949 and plats Richmond Heights as a community for returning Black veterans, with homes from 8,030 dollars and 25 dollar down payments. He donates land for the school, churches and a park and dies in a road accident near Lake Placid in May 1951 when the community has 457 homes; E. J. Pollock resumes construction in 1952.

Connections

Moves, founders, developers

• foundedRichmond HeightsPlats the community for Black veterans; 457 homes by 19511949

Located

• located inRichmond HeightsSits in Richmond Heights by address or centroid1949