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Prominent among the early settlers, the [[Archer family]] built a number of grand houses and estates in the area.<ref name=disconvertasmania /> Thomas Archer emigrated from England to Australia in 1811, and retired from government service in 1821 to develop his {{convert|2000|acre|km2|adj=on}} estate. By 1825 he held {{convert|6000|acre|km2}} in the area and his success persuaded first his brother Joseph, then his brothers Willam and Edward and their father, to join him.
Together they farmed and developed the land, and built a number of homesteads which are among the finest in northern Tasmania: [[Woolmers Estate]], [[Brickendon Estate]] (both on the [[Australian National Heritage List]]), Panshanger, Northbury, Fairfield, Cheshunt, Woodside, Palmerston and Saundridge.<ref name=ADOB>{{cite book|chapter-url=http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010026b.htm|
Norfolk Plains Post Office opened on 1 June 1832 and was renamed ''Longford'' in 1856.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=Tas&country= | accessdate=2012-06-16}}</ref>
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[[File:Browns-Big-Store-Longford-20070421-031.jpg|thumb|right|Brown's Big Store, 1889]]
Longford district has many buildings included on the [[Tasmanian Heritage Register]]. Many significant historic buildings were constructed between 1830 and 1850, including:
*Christ Church (1839), [[sandstone]], with square tower, [[lancet window]]s and [[buttress]]es, in the Old Colonial Gothick Picturesque style. The church clock and bell were both gifts from [[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]].<ref name=theage /> The cemetery includes many prominent local families including the Archer, Brumby and Reiby families.<ref name=ChristChurch>{{Cite AHPI|TAS5174|Christ Church and Cemetery|accessdate=2009-12-27}}</ref> The land on which it stands is named Illawarra because of Lucy Margaretta Davey, the daughter of Lt Governor Mad Tom Davey.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Joseph |title="ILLAWARRA" TASMANIA: THE MYSTERY OF HOW IT
*Queen's Arms Hotel (1835), a double-storey brick and [[stucco]]ed building in the Old Colonial Georgian style
*Blenheim Hotel (1846), a two-storey Georgian brick and stuccoed building and a major townscape element in Longford
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