Outside the District
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The Old Hooker Place
As told to Janet A. Whitehead on January 1, 1998 by Fern Augusta Frain Whitehead It was April 2, 1896, when David and Mary Hooker first greeted their newborn daughter, […]
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Shepherd (Starbuck) Spring
Shepherd Springs is about 2,200 feet north of Palm Springs on the west side of the river. It was never developed, and a thick upland hammock surrounds it. The Little […]
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Palm Springs
Palm Springs is the middle spring of the trio that lies along the Wekiva River on the west side of Markham Woods Road and just north of State Road 434. […]
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Sanlando (Hoosier) Springs
The main pool within “The Springs” subdivision was named Hoosier Springs by the early settlers in the 1870s. The spring, about 4.5 miles west of Longwood, pours out gallons of […]
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Northland Church
In the early nineteen sixties, Northland Church was formed in the hearts of a handful of people. These folks learned how to share their faith and were trained in discipleship […]
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Parkside Fellowship Church of the Nazarene
The roots of Parkside Fellowship of the Nazarene are found in the Fern Park and Longwood Churches of the Nazarene. Fern Park Church of the Nazarene was organized in 1957 […]
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West Longwood
West Longwood was the name of a social entity of families living on the west side of Mr. Henck’s town of Longwood from the 1880s to sometime around 1910. West […]
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The Senator
In January 2012, a fire resulting from a deliberate and thoughtless act of arson tragically destroyed the oldest existing tourist attraction in Central Florida. The cypress tree known as “The […]
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617 East Bay Avenue
Build in 1930
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Longwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery
The Longwood Cemetery has been used since at least 1880. The land was donated by its first homesteader, John Neill Searcy. Many people important in the development of Longwood, such […]