Places
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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
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
This house was built in 1932.
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179 E Maine Ave
This home was built in 1932.
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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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222 E Maine Ave
This house was built in 1932.
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172 E Lake Ave
This house was built in 1938.
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315 S Ronald Reagan Blvd
This house was built in 1930.
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Lake Evergreen
Lake Evergreen in Longwood is a small but formidable barrier that for almost 70 years has prevented Highway 434 from being a straight shot through Longwood. The lake is located between Grant and Oxford. Longtime residents have long called the spring fed lake “bottomless” and observed how its water level barely budges even in droughts. Somewhere around 1950 State Road 434, then called Molnar Avenue between 427 and 17-92, was being paved. In an oral history with pioneer resident Andy Jones told of how the road builders brought the stakes up to the side of the lake. They planned to…
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Rainbow Ranch
Up until 2022, there was a big red barn set way back from General Hutchinson Parkway. The sign identified it as a wicker furniture store, which had been closed for years. It led me to wonder why an old furniture store would have such a massive parking lot. So my research began! The barn first opened in 1960 as a country & western club known as the Rainbow Ranch. When it opened the barn advertised almost 10,000 square feet under roof with a parking lot to handle 500 cars. Among its founders was local country music star Lee Purvis, whose group…