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  • Leighton House

    124 E Maine Ave, Longwood, FL

    This home was built in 1926. Florence E. Leighton moved to Longwood in 1928 from East Dicksville, Maine. She lived here for many years. Florence died in 1965.

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  • Tupper House

    204 E Maine Ave

    This home was built in 1928 by the Maude W and Spencer L Tupper. Sylvester L Tupper was killed in 1952 under mysterious circumstances. His body was found in Lake of the Woods with a bullet hole in his head and bricks tied to his neck and body. Maude Williams Tupper (1877-1967) lived here until her death in 1967. She and her husband came to Longwood in 1928 from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Maude was a beloved first-grade teacher at Lyman Memorial School (now Milwee Middle). She taught Spencer Whitehead, who lived across the street and provided an oral history for the…

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  • 137 East Maine Ave

    137 East Maine Ave

    This home was built in 1932. Selma Olivia Johannson Larcom lived here from the 1950s until here death in 1971. She was from Farmington, Maine and began to spend winters in Longwood before reclocating here full-time. Larcom was originally from Sweden. She was born in 1880 and lived to be 91.

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  • 245 S Ronald Reagan Blvd

    245 S Ronald Reagan Blvd

    This building is currently home to the Absolute Massave & Skin Care Salon and Day Spa. It was built in 1938.

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  • 118 E Maine Ave

    118 E Maine Ave

    This home was built in 1926.

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  • 164 E Maine Ave

    164 E Maine Ave

    This house was built in 1925. Isabelle Anne Abar. a native of New York, moved into this home in 1953 and live there until her death at 90 in 1968. Her daughter, Edith Mae Hallam, moved in after Abar’s death and lived there until 1974, It was home to Margaret E. Watts until 1985, and then it was passed down to the Blankenship family.

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  • 153 E Maine Ave

    153 E Maine Ave

    This house was built in 1920. Its exterior has been extensively redone including covering the wood with stucco. The front porch has been filled in. So it no longer resembles the original style.

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  • 167 E Maine Ave

    167 E Maine Ave

    This house was built in 1932.

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  • 179 E Maine Ave

    179 E Maine Ave

    This home was built in 1932.

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  • 706 Hardy St

    706 Hardy St

    This home was built in 1932. It has a similar paint scheme to the larger home next door at 164 Maine Ave.

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