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  111 North Woodland - This is the former site of Doc Simmons Liquor Store. Built in 1927, it promised to leave you in good spirits or, as many as you could afford. This building is one and a half stories and is constructed in the masonry vernacular style. 113 North Woodland - Constructed in 1887, this was the site of Brill's Novelty Shop. It was the forerunner of Five and Dime stores. Mr. T. Brill would stand outside of his shop and greet customers who stopped to stare at the postcards hanging in his shop window. Built in the masonry vernacular style, the structure is one story in height and is designed as a retail storefront.  115-117 North Woodland - If you strolled these same paths in 1887, you were about to enter paradise. You might have felt the need to refresh yourself for a stop under the awnings at this address. 119-121 North Woodland - And to think, this is where it all started. The buildings in this group attempt to claim that the firc started at their address. Unfortunately, only one can claim the title. It goes to 119 N. Woodland Boulevard. The story is told that someone dropped a cigarette on the saloon's sawdust floor. Left smoldering into the wee hours of the morning, the butt caught, the sawdust sparked, and the fire was on its way to destroying downtown DeLand.  After the fire, the site was the home of Bracey's Drug Store. Constructed in 1892, the business provided competition for the other drugstores in town. It displays masonry vernacular attributes such as the one and a half story in height and stucco finish. The building was designed as a retail storefront on the first floor and office or meeting spaces on the second. The 121 N. Wood- land address has as its most notable features an exterior facade of brick and a mission |  | ||
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Executive Director: Jack Becker P.O. Box 3194 - DeLand, FL 32721-3194 - 100 N. Woodland Blvd. Phone 386.738.0649 - Fax 386.738.7676 | HOME | © 2000 MainStreet DeLand Association. Web Site design and hosting by VisArts Design | | ||
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