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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV1D_dreka-building_DeLand-FL.html
On this site in 1882 George A. Dreka built his 2-story department store that later was expanded to four floors to also hold the Carrolton Hotel. In the 1886 fire that consumed much of the town, blankets were hung from the balconies and kept wet by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUZF_miller-fish-building_DeLand-FL.html
In this block, early settler Charles A Miller owned a hay & grain store, livery stable, and buggy & carriage shop. All fell to the flames of the 1886 fire. Miller was among the first to rebuild, erecting the two-story brick building you see today.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUYX_landis-fish-building_DeLand-FL.html
In 1905 the Landis & Fish Law Firm erected a brick one-story Romanesque-style building on this site. As the firm grew, it was enlarged in 1925 to the two-story Federal structure you see today. Begun by Cary D. Landis and Bert Fish, the firm was no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUYT_first-commercial-store_DeLand-FL.html
Capt. James B. Jordan came to DeLand in 1876. While serving in a North Carolina regiment during the civil war, Capt. Jordan was wounded and taken prisoner in July 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg. Following the war, he came to Florida and opened D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMURC_the-opera-house_DeLand-FL.html
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, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUR0_early-grocery-stores_DeLand-FL.html
Although there has been a structure on this site since at least 1885, this building was erected about 1897. From the late 19th to the middle 20th century, most of DeLand's grocery stores were located along Woodland Blvd. Bushnell, Cantrell, Conrad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUQ6_st-johns-masonic-lodge_DeLand-FL.html
This building was the St. John's Masonic Lodge #7. The cornerstone, containing the membership rolls of the Masonic bodies in DeLand, was laid Sept. 14, 1925. Designed by local architects, Carpenter & Bent, the lower floor originally accommodated a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUQ4_first-united-methodist-church_DeLand-FL.html
The First United Methodist Church was established August 1, 1880. It was the first church organized in the new settlement of DeLand. Three years later, this building was completed for worship services. It was a simple frame structure with a bell i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUPD_the-haven-block_DeLand-FL.html
The three buildings called "The Haven Block" extend from 112 to 116 N. Woodland Blvd. These three Romanesque-style buildings have been home to countless businesses for over a century. In their early history was Haven's Hall on the second floor, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUOF_the-first-post-office_DeLand-FL.html
According to early sources, the first post office in DeLand was in the rear of the Jordan & Lancaster store on West Indiana Avenue somewhere "between Woodland Boulevard and Florida Avenue." Dr. G. W. Lancaster, DeLand's first druggist, was also th…