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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20P7_deland-municipal-airport_DeLand-FL.html
Named In Honor Of
Sidney H. Taylor, Attorney,
For His Leadership In Retaining The Seat
Of Volushia County Government At DeLand.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20KN_deland-naval-air-station-museum_DeLand-FL.html
DeLand Naval Air Station Museum
Occupied By U.S. Navy 1942-1946
Has Been Placed On The
National Register Of Historic Places
By The United States Department Of The Interior
" In Memory Of Those Who Served"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXTC_dreka-theater_DeLand-FL.html
Imagine the front of this now-modern building with parapets, decorative geometric tiles, and elaborate curvilinear windows on the facade. At the center was an ornate kiosk ticket office, naming it for the popular department store adjacent to it, W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXRA_wilcox-saloon_DeLand-FL.html
"The Great Fire" occurred late at night on Sept. 27, 1886. It is thought to have started from a smouldering cigar igniting the sawdust on the floor of the Wilcox Saloon in this block. The buildings, constructed of pine, were instantly engulfed. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXPY_first-public-building_DeLand-FL.html
When Hettie Austin came to this community from Indiana in 1876, she immediately began roaming about in her "sad little mule-drawn cart" soliciting contributions for a Methodist Church. Henry DeLand convinced her that the greater need was for a sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVIR_bell-8_DeLand-FL.html
This bell was part of a set of 11 chimes originally designed for a Methodist Church in Pennsylvania. Lincoln Hulley, Stetson University's second president, acquired the bells in 1915 and they were mounted in the cupola of Elizabeth Hall. When the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV3A_circa-1885_DeLand-FL.html
In 1883 two young boys, Samuel Jordan and Wylie Swift, built a circular skating rink in a tent on this corner. It was a popular entertainment site when DeLand was little more than a pioneer village. Around 1885 this brick building was erected to h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV2X_volusia-county-historic-courthouse_DeLand-FL.html
This landmark was built on property donated by the city's founder - Henry DeLand. It replaced the first Volusia County Courthouse, which was completed in 1894 and occupied until it was torn down in the 1920's to make way for its successor. In 1995…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV1Q_the-athens-theatre_DeLand-FL.html
This historically significant landmark opened in 1922 as a silent film/vaudeville theatre. Once the entertainment centerpiece of the county, the Athens operated continuously for nearly seventy years, changing its programming over time as technolog…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV1M_circa-1883_DeLand-FL.html
This site has a long history with the "written word." On April 7, 1883, the first issue of the Orange Ridge Echo was printed here in a wood-frame building. This paper later became the Chronicle, which eventually became the Volusia County Record, p…