The Opera House
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member [DELETED_USER]
N 29° 01.803 W 081° 18.210
17R E 470447 N 3211352
Marker is in DeLand, Florida. Marker is on North Woodland Boulevard (U.S. 17/92) north of Rich Avenue, on the left when traveling north. The marker is mounted on the outside of the building, along the sidewalk.
Waymark Code: WMTAXT
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
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Inscription.
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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