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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/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…
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…