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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 […]

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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 […]

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  • Frain House

    212 East 434, Longwood, FL

    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 […]

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  • Leighton House

    124 E Maine Ave, Longwood, FL

    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

    204 E Maine Ave

    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 […]

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  • 137 East Maine Ave

    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 […]

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  • 245 S Ronald Reagan Blvd

    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

    118 E Maine Ave

    This home was built in 1926.

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  • 164 E Maine Ave

    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. […]

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  • 153 E Maine Ave

    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 […]

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