Historic District
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Loder House
This house was built in 1925 (completed in 1926) for Howard W Loder, then the Longwood Chamber of Commerce secretary. They moved to Longwood from Montclair, New Jersey. The Loders […]
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Longwood Fire Station No. 1
The station was built in 1980 on land donated by Jimmy Reiter. When the city built the fire department, they forgot to measure for the full length of the trucks. […]
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The Senator II
Clone of the famous Senator cypress tree of Big Tree Park, located at Reiter Park. A farmer from North Florida, Marvin Bucanan of Central Florida Natural Lands, started an orchard […]
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Longwood Water Tower
The original water tower in Longwood was located in the “triangle” between the railroad tracks, 427 and 434. By the 1980s, the original 75-foot water tower was considered run-down, rusty, […]
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Inside-Outside House
The house gets its name because its structural framing is exposed on the exterior of the house, with panels bolted together in a shiplap style. Conversely, the inside of the […]
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Bradlee-McIntyre House
Affectionately known as the “Bradlee-Mac,” this home was once in Altamonte Springs. Although published references have placed it as early as 1883 or even 1880, more modern research points to […]
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Historic Civic Center
This is likely the oldest building that is original to Longwood–records indicate it was erected at least 1880 and possibly as early as 1875. Through that hisitory, it has been […]