Longwood Historic Society
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New Roof on Inside-Outside House
After over a year of planning, the new metal roof on the Inside-Outside House has completed. We thank Hi-Lo Roofing for their great work on this project. Thank all of you for your assistance in raising the funds and the City of Longwood for a grant that helped plug the gap. This is massively important since our old shingle roof was leaking. The Longwood Historic Society continues its work to preserve these precious buildings for another generation!
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Founding of the Longwood Historic Society
We owe much to the great Civil War general and our 18th President, Ulysses S. Grant. He never spent more than a day in Seminole County. The closest he came was a ceremonial visit to Sanford in 1879 to turn the first spade in the construction of the South Florida Railroad. Despite this, without him, it is likely the Longwood Historic Society would not exist, and the face of the Longwood Historic District would be dramatically different. It all started with a creative realtor. After the death of the Altamonte Springs home’s owner, Mrs. Bradlee, in 1946, the realtor decided…