The Opera House

The Opera House (HMURC)

Location: DeLand, FL 32720 Volusia County
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Country: United States of America
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N 29° 1.803', W 81° 18.218'

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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.
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HM NumberHMURC
Series This marker is part of the Florida: West Volusia Historical Society series
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Placed ByThe West Volusia Historical Society
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Date Added Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 10:37pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 470434 N 3211352
Decimal Degrees29.03005000, -81.30363333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 1.803', W 81° 18.218'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 1' 48.18" N, 81° 18' 13.08" W
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Area Code(s)386, 407, 904, 352
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 200 N Woodland Blvd, DeLand FL 32720, US
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