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

The General Store

750 Bellevue Avenue

— The Samuel Butts Youth Archaeological Park —

The General Store Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stephen Thomas White, January 7, 2026

1. The General Store Marker

Inscription. For years, Samuel Butts used his power of observation to see how people had used the land. In the 1970s, he found charred wooden timbers, clusters of melted glass bottles and other artifacts near here.

The store was here between the 1890s and 1920s, based upon items found in the site. Design patent marks on bottles date from 1886 to 1920.

The store and its contents burned while it was full of goods for sale. He found bottles associated with cooking, drinking, medicine and cosmetics.

He also found burned timbers, cut nails, buckles, and buttons. Cut nails represent earlier times and are not in use now.

He used advertisements from the 1920s to help him identify the store contents and their costs.
(captions)
A, D, &E - Medicine Bottles • B - Coca Cola Bottle, ca. 1900-1915 • C - Unidentified Bottle • H - Unidentified Jar • F&I - Cosmetic Jars • G - Ink Bottle

Some of the bottles melted together from the heat of the fire.

Cut Nails

Chard Buckle and Timber

These things are on their way to becoming artifacts

What do you think the store might have looked like? It was probably

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

a small wooden building with a porch, facing a narrow - dirt road.

An artifact is an object left behind by people in the past. Have you ever found an artifact in the soil?

Erected by The marker is located at The Samuel Butts Youth Archaeological Park.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1886.

Location. 29° 11.593′ N, 81° 1.46′ W. Marker is in Daytona Beach, Florida, in Volusia County. It is at the intersection of Bellevue Avenue and Lockhart Street, on the left when traveling north on Bellevue Avenue. The marker is located at The Samuel Butts Youth Archaeological Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 750 Bellevue Avenue, Daytona Beach FL 32114, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in 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

Photographed by Stephen Thomas White, January 7, 2026

2. The General Store Marker

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: Historic Childhood Home of Dr. Howard Thurman (approx. 0.4 miles away); Daytona Times Building (approx. 0.6 miles away); John H. Dickerson Community Center (approx. ¾ mile away); Olds Hall (approx. 0.9 miles away); Delos A. Blodgett House (approx. 0.9 miles away); First Church of Christ, Scientist (approx. 0.9 miles away); 432 South Beach Street (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Abby (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Daytona Beach.

Also see . . .
1. Samuel Butts Youth Archaeological Park. (Submitted on September 17, 2026, by Stephen Thomas White of Norfolk, Virginia.)
2. You Don’t Know Butts. (Submitted on September 17, 2026, by Stephen Thomas White of Norfolk, Virginia.)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 17, 2026, by Stephen Thomas White of Norfolk, Virginia. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 17, 2026, by Stephen Thomas White of Norfolk, Virginia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.