Longwood Hotel

The Longwood Hotel was originally constructed in 1886. Its construction was financed by city founder Edward Warren "E.W." Henck and designed by Joseph B. Clouser. Henck sold the hotel in 1910, and it went through several owners until it was ...

Longwood

Located south of Sanford and west of Winter Springs, the city of Longwood was first settled in the 1870s. Edward Warren "E.W." Henck, a native of Boston, was among the first to settle in the area. He was a railroad ...

Longwood University

Longwood University is a state-supported institution developed from the privately owned Farmville Female Seminary that was incorporated in 1839. In 1884, it became a public institution when the Commonwealth acquired the property and renamed it the State Female Normal School ...

Longwood College

The college opened here in October 1884 as a "state female normal school". In 1914 the name was changed to "State Normal School for Women at Farmville"; In 1924 to "State Teachers College at Farmville"; In 1949 to "Longwood College". ...

High Bridge and Longwood Valley Branch

N.J. Central Railroad completed in 1875 to bring iron ore from Morris County to forges at High Bridge. In use until 1976 when the track right-of-way was sold.

Marker is on Cokesbury Road (County Route 639) near Columbia Trail (recreational), on ...

Longwood

Property acquired 1765 by Peter Johnston. Home of Peter Johnston, Jr., Lieutenant in Lee's Legion and judge of Circuit Court of Virginia. Birthplace of General Joseph E. Johnston.

Purchased 1811 by Abraham B. Venable, U.S. senator; organizer and first president of ...

Longwood Estate

Peter Johnston (1763-1831)--jurist, Speaker of the House of Delegates (1805-1807), and father of Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston--inherited Longwood estate from his father. He sold the property after he became a judge on the General Court of Virginia in Washington ...