DeLand House Tour Hours
Tuesday - Saturday
12:30 pm & 2:30 pm
Upcoming Events
Fiber Camp for Youth
Monday, August 3rd to Friday, August 7th
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Lunch and Learn
D. Gray Leonhard, current Mayor of the Town of Pierson will discuss life growing up in Pierson, Old Florida - as seen in his travels as an officer for the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, and his work on the planning commission and as Mayor of Pierson. Cost is $15 and includes lunch of Publix variety deli wraps: turkey, Italian, ultimate, and vegetarian, along with chips, water, fruit and dessert. 11:30 am - 1 pm. Conrad Educational & Research Center, 137 W Michigan Ave, DeLand. Food selections are made at the event, but reservations are requested in order to prepare the appropriate number of lunches. Call 386-740-6813. Deadline: Friday, May 22nd, 4:30 pm. Capacity is limited.
May is Preservation Month
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
"The Architecture and Archeology of Foul Odors and Smells: Outhouses, Privies, Vaults, and Water Closets in DeLand - drawings, illustrations, maps, plans, and research - 1880s - 1920". Sidney Johnston shares findings of his extensive research, featuring those recently revealed by the restoration of DeLand House Museum. 137 W Michigan Avenue in DeLand. 6 pm. Free and open to all ages. Click here for more details
Saturday, May 23 DeLand House Museum and Conrad Center will be closed
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Events Leading to the Declaration of Independence: 1758-1776. George and Martha Washington (Historians Bill and Cara Elder) will discuss early years on the plantation, the problems with crops and prices, the hardships England was causing with taxation without representation, protests in the colonies, from the siege of Boston to the defense of Long Island, and how the Declaration of Independence was created and adopted. 137 W Michigan Avenue in DeLand. 6 pm. Free and open to all ages.
