Downtown DeLand's Historic Garden District
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Downtown DeLand's Historic Garden District
The Garden District, not to be confused with the Garden District, New Orleans, is a mixed-use neighborhood adjacent to downtown DeLand, Florida. It was originally developed between 1900 and 1920. It fell into a long period of decline after WWII, and by the 1980s had become known as “Cracktown” and “The End.”
In 2000, Michael E. Arth, an artist, home and urban designer living in California, answered an online listing by realtor and preservationist Maggi Hall for some of the surrounding buildings. Arth subsequently bought 27 dilapidated structures, renamed it The Garden District, and lobbied to create a new historic district. During the first 5 years he restored or rebuilt 30 homes and businesses, which have became the core of a major neighborhood revival. As of 2006, Arth had two additional major in-fill projects planned for the neighborhood that would add 64 residences and 28 commercial units.
The building at 205 East Voorhis, which since 2002 has been an art gallery and museum of the neighborhood, is designated with a historic plaque that states, "This building is a rare, surviving example of a mixed-use, Craftsman-style, neighborhood store. For about half a century it functioned as a mom and pop grocery store with an apartment above. The rear cottage was a livery stable where workers also lived"
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