Beesley
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May 6, 1886 – Description of Longwood
The following is from the Savannah Morning News: Your correspondent was mystified as to the points on the compass, took the wrong train, and was soon speeding in the opposite direction toward Sanford. It was not until we had passed Maitland that he discovered his error, and interrupting the conductor in the midst of an animated and unintelligible squabbe concerning their fare with about two score raw Italian emigrants, not one of whom could speak a syllable of English, asked that he might be put off at the next station. This provied to be LONGWOOD. And there he handed without…
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Beesley-Milwee House
This building was constructed around 1885 for Kate Beesley’s millinery shop, which is to say she was a hat maker. In 1916, George Edward and Hallie LaVigne purchased it. George was a truck farmer. During the 1920s, the simple one-story, rectangular shop was significantly altered to add a second story and porch. The additions match the Classical Revival Style. George and Hallie’s daughter, Aldia LaVigne, married Rayburn T. Milwee. The couple moved into the home in the 1930s and raised their family there. Rayburn became a prominent citizen and educator. He was elected the county school superintendent and oversaw schools…