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In 1888, Henry A. DeLand donated land for a wooden courthouse after DeLand became the seat of Volusia County. Beginning in 1927, a new Neoclassical courthouse was built and was completed in 1929 at a final cost of $500,000. It was regarded as one of the most beautiful county administration buildings in the South and featured fluted Corinthian columns, vaulted arches, marble staircases, a copper clad dome, an interior cupola with a stained glass dome, and twin facades with ornate balustrades and terra cotta entablature. Its dedication on November 18, 1929, drew more than 3,000 local residents for a pork barbecue, concerts by the Stetson Symphony Orchestra and the DeLand Concert Band, and circus performers from the Johnny J. Jones Show. Mary Stewart Howarth-Hewitt, the first woman to graduate from Stetson College of Law and to be registered with the Florida State Supreme Court, practiced law there. In 1987, the Volusia County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Downtown DeLand Historic District.
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