1910
This corner was the site of DeLand's first newspaper, The Volusia County Herald, first published on May 10, 1877 by Henry DeLand. It was succeeded in 1878 by The Agriculturalist, edited by Col. C. C. Codrington, Gov. General of the West Indies, who escaped with his family during a native uprising in 1870. With his newspaper, Codrington became important to the development of semi-tropic agricultural in Florida. From these two early newspapers came the E.O. Painter Printing Company, believed to be the oldest continuing printing business in Florida. In 1910 the wood structure was replaced with this brick building, part of which contained the DeLand Opera House, a center for plays and musical entertainment.| HM Number | HMURC |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Florida: West Volusia Historical Society series |
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| Placed By | The West Volusia Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 10:37pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17R E 470434 N 3211352 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 29.03005000, -81.30363333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 29° 1.803', W 81° 18.218' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 29° 1' 48.18" N, 81° 18' 13.08" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 386, 407, 904, 352 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 200 N Woodland Blvd, DeLand FL 32720, US |
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