DeBary in Volusia County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Working

DeBary Hall Historic Site

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 16, 2021

1. Working Marker

Inscription. Who kept the deBary estate running? Resident managers (including William Padgett in the twentieth century) cared for the retreat year-round, supervising contractors, employees, and day laborers. They did many jobs: carpentry, painting, roofing, ditching, plowing, planting, tending orange groves, and washing clothes.

Big freezes in the 1890s ended serious orange growing here. Even then, a smaller workforce tended the remaining citrus trees, handling livestock, kept up the buildings and grounds, planted food plots for quail, and entertained hunters. African Americans from a nearby community labored for the deBarys well into the twentieth century. People in this neighborhood knew how to work.

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Estate worker’s records, 1893. DeBary Hall Collection.
A Florida packing house. Harper’s Weekly, 1880.

Erected by the Florida Park Service, the County of Volusia and the City of Debary.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture.

Location. 28° 52.527′ N, 81° 17.877′ W. Marker is in DeBary, Florida, in Volusia

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County. It can be reached from the intersection of Sunrise Boulevard and Mansion Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. Located within the DeBary Hall Historic Site. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 198 Sunrise Blvd, Debary FL 32713, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s First Coast.

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Tenant House (here, next to this marker); DeBary Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); The Stable (within shouting distance of this marker); Tracking the Tenant House (within shouting distance of this marker); Equipment Shed (within shouting distance of this marker); The Ice House

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 16, 2021

2. Working Marker

(within shouting distance of this marker); The Ice Trade (within shouting distance of this marker); DeBary Hall / Florida Federation of Art, Inc. (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in DeBary.

Also see . . . DeBary Hall Historic Site. (Submitted on June 28, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 28, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 28, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.