Candyland Park
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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 as the Henck, Searcy, Entzminger, Hartely, Hooker, and Clouser families, are buried here. The oldest section if the northwesterly quadrant. The cemetery was souther half of the cemetery (below the path) was added in 1957, along with other improvements such as paving the pathway and adding a stone and chain fence around it. It was decided the southern section would have exclusively flat grave markers, so that it would be…
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Candyland Park
Candyland Park is a recreational complex in the center of one of Longwood’s older residential areas. The land was part of John Neill Searcy‘s original homestead grant. It was named as a companion park to Longwood’s former Peppermint Park. The property that became Candyland, which abuts the Longwood Cemetery (dating back to the 1880s) came about in the early 70s. The Skylark subdivision was platted in 1972. It began construction in 1973, north of the Longdale neighborhood. The City of Longwood required that 5% of the land be set aside for recreation. And viola… someone decided that Candyland was as…