Bradlee-Mc Intyre House — Attraction in Longwood

Tourism in Central Florida began during the 1880's when the South Florida Railroad connected Sanford with Orlando. By 1886, direct rail service from the North brought wealthy winter tourists to luxury hotels and private winter "cottages' throughout the area. In front of you and on your left are the only survivors of these wooden hotels and "cottages."

To attract attention to his new town, Mr. Henck, Longwood's founder, built the rambling three story Longwood Hotel in plain view of travelers on the railroad line. Over the years, various owners renamed it the Waltham, and the St. George. During the Roaring Twenties it was called the Orange and Black and was known throughout the area as "the place to be" on a Saturday night.

In 1972, local resident Mrs. Robert Bradford purchased the hotel and called it The Village Inn. In the 1980's, it was restored again and equipped as a modern office building. It is listed in the National Register of...

My father grew up in this house in the late 40's - 50's and would tell me about the secret passage ways. The house was owned by my great grandparents, Burton & Mabel McIntosh of Sanford & Altamonte Springs. The bed I had growing up came from the house and my mother still has a beautiful oil lamp that my grandmother had converted to electricity that came out of the house. I would love to visit it one day as my father has recently passed. I've attached an old photo of his which I believe is of the back of the house. I also have VHS videos that had been converted from old film of my father riding his horse and tractor through the yard and playing in the pool as the house had an above ground pool...

Fantastic tour of Victorian three-story house. Docents are extremely friendly and knowledgeable. If you’re lucky enough to bisit when Marla is there, she is the one who wrote the historic brochure about this home, which was transferred from Altamonte Springs. You can see photographs of the house being moved in the second floor museum area. Some of the pictures shown in this post are not the Bradlee:Mac but of the former historic Longwood Inn which is...