1877
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 the first postmaster. In front was a hitching post humorously referred to as "The Buzzard's Roost." Folk gathered there in the afternoon to await the mail carrier who brought the mail by buckboard and on foot from the steamboat landing at Cabbage Bluff. The brick buildings that replaced the old wood structures on this street were largely built around the turn of the 20th century. For nearly seventy years, this building was the site of the Reeve & Howard gift shop.| HM Number | HMUOF |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Florida: West Volusia Historical Society series, and the Postal Mail and Philately series. |
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| Placed By | The West Volusia Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 at 6:01am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17R E 470411 N 3211245 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 29.02908333, -81.30386667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 29° 1.745', W 81° 18.232' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 29° 1' 44.70" N, 81° 18' 13.92" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 386, 407, 904, 352 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 105 W Indiana Ave, DeLand FL 32720, US |
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