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In the 1895 Atlas, there were only a couple of houses on the other side of the street and the property to the east was still a farm with no street between the properties.
In the 1895 Atlas, there were only a couple of houses on the other side of the street and the property to the east was still a farm with no street between the properties.


By 1909, the farm was turned into City Park with a new street extending north from Oak Street, which turned the Longnecker property into a corner lot.
By 1909, the farm was turned into City Park with a new extension of Oak Street separating it from the Longnecker property, which became a corner lot.


The town grew rapidly after that, and now the Longnecker House is firmly in the middle of town, albeit on a more generous lot than most other houses built afterwards.
The town grew rapidly after that, and now the Longnecker House is firmly in the middle of town, albeit on a more generous lot than most other houses built afterwards.

Revision as of 16:47, 22 March 2019

When the Longnecker House was built in 1898, this area was just being built up and "town" was considered 1/2 mile to the west where the downtown core is located to this day.

In the 1895 Atlas, there were only a couple of houses on the other side of the street and the property to the east was still a farm with no street between the properties.

By 1909, the farm was turned into City Park with a new extension of Oak Street separating it from the Longnecker property, which became a corner lot.

The town grew rapidly after that, and now the Longnecker House is firmly in the middle of town, albeit on a more generous lot than most other houses built afterwards.