Society News


  • Carols & Cocoa Welcomes Record Crowd

    Carols & Cocoa Welcomes Record Crowd

    The second annual Carols & Cocoa on November 30, 2024 was a huge success! The festivities kicked off with a historic “open house” walking tour. Historic Society President Jason Byrne […]

  • Monster Dash is Big Success

    Monster Dash is Big Success

    Last Saturday, the seventh annual Longwood Monster Dash 5K was another big success. We sold out the 400 participant slots and had support from over two dozen sponsors. Over 50 […]

  • “Outside the District” Committee Being Formed

    “Outside the District” Committee Being Formed

    At the October 14 board of directors meeting, the board voted to create a new ad hoc committee. The committee aims to create a program to officially recognize historic buildings […]

  • Good Times at Ice Cream Social

    Good Times at Ice Cream Social

    Thank you to the membership committee, led by Wendy Beiberle and Alisa Hornsby, for organizing our first Ice Cream Social. The event was held at Nan & Pops Ice Cream […]

  • Bike Parking Installed at HCC

    Bike Parking Installed at HCC

    To help make the historic district more pedestrian and bicycle-friendly, the Longwood Historic Society executive board voted to install bike parking between the Historic Civic Center and the Inside-Outside House. […]

  • Channel 6 News visits the Bradlee-McIntyre House

    Channel 6 News visits the Bradlee-McIntyre House

    News Channel 6 WKMG has featured the Bradlee-McIntyre House prominently online and on-air. They visited the house for a second time on May 30, 2024. Kathy Goshen (docent) and Tom […]

  • Third Annual Poker Tournament a Success

    Third Annual Poker Tournament a Success

    What a fun night! We want to thank all of those who came to participate this year. It was another great year at the Longwood Poker Tournament. Our participants and […]

  • New Roof on Inside-Outside House

    New Roof on Inside-Outside House

    After over a year of planning, the new metal roof on the Inside-Outside House has completed. We thank Hi-Lo Roofing for their great work on this project. Thank all of […]

  • Clearing limb and brush behind HCC

    Clearing limb and brush behind HCC

    Society treasurer and trustee Tom Redditt recently proposed to the Board of Directors to open up the funds to trim a large branch hanging over the HCC building. It threatened […]

  • Members Present at Chamber of Commerce Meeting

    Members Present at Chamber of Commerce Meeting

    Thank you to President Deb Carswell and members Matt McMillan, Matt Morgan, and Tony Boni for presenting at this week’s Seminole Chamber of Commerce Meeting. They led a presentation about […]