Maine Avenue District
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Letter from Fern Augusta Frain Whitehead
Narrative of remembrances by “Grammy” (Fern Augusta Frain Whitehead, typed by Janet Whitehead). Written to her great-granddaughter in December 2014. Dear Grace, I was born January 28, 1914. I was so glad to receive your letter asking questions about my life. It was nice of you to be interested. I’ve heard you are very good at reading & writing, just like your Mother. Mostly, though, I was just happy to hear from my great-granddaughter, because I love you very much. I was a very good student like you, but now that I’m past 100, it’s getting harder to think about…
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Spencer and Janet Whitehead, Oral History
Jason Byrne and Tracy Putnam of the Longwood Historic Society interviewed the Whiteheads at their home on Maine Avenue in Longwood on February 6, 2020. The property has been in the family for around 100 years and Spencer first moved there in 1946. In total Spencer’s family line has been in the area since the 1850s. The home was torn down in 2022 to build apartments. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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Frain House
Look beyond the overhang and new facade of the 434 Animal Hospital, squint a little bit, and you can clearly see the outline of an old farm house. It was built as a farmhouse in 1922 by Oscar Frain with his young wife Nancy Hooker Frain. Nancy was born in 1895 on the old Hooker Homestead (near Milwee Middle) and lived until 1985. Oscar was much older than Nancy, having been a friend of her father, and he died in 1944 at 87-years old. Then six-year-old Spencer Whitehead, who is related to early pioneers the Hooker family, moved into the…
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Leighton House
This home was built in 1926. Florence E. Leighton moved to Longwood in 1928 from East Dicksville, Maine. She lived here for many years. Florence died in 1965.
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Tupper House
This home was built in 1928 by the Maude W and Spencer L Tupper. Sylvester L Tupper was killed in 1952 under mysterious circumstances. His body was found in Lake of the Woods with a bullet hole in his head and bricks tied to his neck and body. Maude Williams Tupper (1877-1967) lived here until her death in 1967. She and her husband came to Longwood in 1928 from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Maude was a beloved first-grade teacher at Lyman Memorial School (now Milwee Middle). She taught Spencer Whitehead, who lived across the street and provided an oral history for the…
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137 East Maine Ave
This home was built in 1932. Selma Olivia Johannson Larcom lived here from the 1950s until here death in 1971. She was from Farmington, Maine and began to spend winters in Longwood before reclocating here full-time. Larcom was originally from Sweden. She was born in 1880 and lived to be 91.
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245 S Ronald Reagan Blvd
This building is currently home to the Absolute Massave & Skin Care Salon and Day Spa. It was built in 1938.
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118 E Maine Ave
This home was built in 1926.
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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.