Near Dirksen Drive at Buena Vista Street, on the right when traveling west.
As exemplary of DeBary, youth patriotism and good citizenship, the Gray family is proud to honor the name of Charles Richard Beall. In 1966, at 19 years of age, he enlisted in the Army and on March 6, 1968 he was killed in action in Vietnam, the . . . — — Map (db m175910) WM
Near Sunrise Boulevard at Mansion Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
Welcome to DeBary Hall Historic Site - once the winter retreat of a wealthy New York wine merchant. European-born Frederick deBary (who used a small d while others capitalized) built this house in the 1870s, acquired thousands of acres, . . . — — Map (db m175936) HM
On Sunrise Boulevard at Mansion Boulevard on Sunrise Boulevard.
DeBary HallBuilt in 1871 by Baron Frederick de Bary. Born 1815 in Germany of Belgian descent, de Bary came to New York in 1840 as agent for Mumm's Champagne. His estate of many hundred acres here in Florida was a hunting and fishing preserve . . . — — Map (db m46164) HM
Near Sunrise Boulevard at Mansion Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
This trailhead pavilion has roots. One of the deBary retreat’s oldest structures was a long shed next to the stable. For years, its bays sheltered wagons and farm equipment – until the owners, the hunting estate, and the shed itself faded away. . . . — — Map (db m176101) HM
Near Dirksen Drive at Buena Vista Street, on the right when traveling west.
The F-15 on display is actually an F-15A, serial number 76-0076, but painted and marked to depict F-15C, serial number 85-125, assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron/33rd Fighter Wing in King Abdulaziz Air Base, Saudi Arabia during 1996. — — Map (db m175904) HM
Near Sunrise Boulevard at Mansion Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
One of deBarys’ early outbuildings was this frame ice house. From the retreat’s start in the 1870s, it would have been helpful to visitors and cooks.
At first, the estate’s ice came from northern rivers, and lakes, and ice farms. Packed in . . . — — Map (db m176076) HM
Near Sunrise Boulevard at Mansion Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
The industry that brought ice to DeBary Hall was an amazing venture. Wealthy Americans had long taken ice from their own ponds and streams, but in the early 1800s entrepreneur Frederic Tudor began exporting it commercially to southern U.S. . . . — — Map (db m176096) HM
Near Sunrise Boulevard at Mansion Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
This stable dates from the earliest years of the deBarys’ winter place. It appears in an 1882 survey but must be older than that. From the 1870s, the estate relied on horses and mules for trips to local towns, hunting, leisure riding and managing . . . — — Map (db m176099) HM
Near Sunrise Boulevard at Mansion Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
This plain house ounce stood on a road just east of its present site. Donated and moved, it recalls the deBarys’ largely forgotten workers. The building appears in an 1882 estate survey, though local traditions say these “quarters” predated the . . . — — Map (db m176029) HM
Near Sunrise Boulevard at Mansion Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
The tenant house is a mystery. It could be older than DeBary Hall and might have belonged to settlers who sold Frederick deBary the core acreage for his retreat. Those owners lived on their land, but exactly where is not clear.
By 1882, . . . — — Map (db m176041) HM
Near Sunrise Boulevard at Mansion Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
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, . . . — — Map (db m176075) HM
