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White House Farm on Long Neck in mid-1900s

May 16, 2018

This postcard from the mid-1900s shows the manufactured housing development known as White House Farm on Long Neck and fronting on Indian River Bay. The postcard lists S.H. Showell as resident owner of the property which has been in the same family since 1677.  The white house on the farm, according to information on the card, was built in 1717.

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