Places

Home /

Research /

Places


  • 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 […]

    View ->

  • 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, […]

    View ->

  • General Hutchison Parkway

    761 General Hutchison, Longwood, FL 32750

    President Franklin Roosevelt approved funding for the construction of a paved 5,590-foot, two-lane highway connecting the old Sanford-Orlando Highway (427) with the new Sanford-Orlando Highway (then State Road 3, now […]

    View ->

  • Inside-Outside House

    141 W Church Ave, Longwood, FL 32750

    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 […]

    View ->

  • Bradlee-McIntyre House

    130 W Warren Ave, Longwood, FL 32750

    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 […]

    View ->

  • Historic Civic Center

    135 W Church Ave, Longwood, FL 32750

    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 […]

    View ->