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Photograph of Orange City Colored School
Photograph by Recury, CC BY 2.5. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Orange City Colored School

Built in 1927. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.

From the record

“Orange City Colored School (1927-1969) was a Rosenwald school from 1st to 8th grade for African American students in Orange City, Florida. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2003, and listed as part of the Florida's Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission since 2003.”

Wikipedia article Orange City Colored School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 93 National Register listings published here for Volusia County · listed in 2003 · category: Building · built in 1927, by Samuel L. Smith.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 200 E. Blue Springs Ave., Orange City, 32763
  • When was it listed? August 2003
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Florida's Historic Black Public Schools MPS; Florida's Historic Black Public Schools MPS
  • Census division. DeBary-Orange City
  • When was it built? 1927
  • Architect. Samuel L. Smith
  • National Register reference number. 03000703 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Orange City Colored School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,181 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 29 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Natural39
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning9
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceVICTORIA GARDENS (64)
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-64 VICTORIA PARK
24 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCHURCH STREET (64)
18 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2008-10-0738
5 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF WAR ADMIRAL
4 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF - OLD CASSADAGA
31 August 2013Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceKONOMAC LAKE (64)

Every fire recorded in Volusia County

Storms near this property

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orange City, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Tornado (EF0)Orange City$40,000A National Weather Service Damage Survey confirmed that a brief EF-0 tornado impacted the Sunset Hills subdivision east of Orange City. The tornado tracked along a 0.1 mile long path, with maximum winds estimated between 65-75 mph. The tornado had a maximum width of approximately 70 yards. Several large tree branches were downed on both sides of County Road 4101, between Sunnyside Ave and E Graves Ave. A mobile home was destroyed after its roof caved in at the intersection of Sunnyside Ave and County Road 4101. Preliminary damage estimates from the Volusia County Property Appraiser was $40,000, with one structure destroyed. There were no reported injuries or fatalities.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindOrange City$30,000Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and power lines in Orange City. Falling trees damaged six residences.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindOrange City$4,000Strong winds blew down trees and power lines along Benham Ave from 20th Street to 17th Street in Orange City. Reports, pictures, and videos from Twitter and WFTV.
August 2020HailOrange City-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in Orange City.
August 2020HailOrange City-The public reported hail to the size of golf balls in Orange City.
April 2012HailOrange City-A SKYWARN spotter reported nickel sized hail about one block south of the intersection of Highway 17/92 and Rhode Island Avenue in Orange City.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindOrange City-Tree blown down across road by winds. Road obstruction from downed tree and powerlines at E. Rose Ave. and Holly Ave. in Orange City.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindOrange City-Trees were blown down in the Orange City area.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindOrange City-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Orange City.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindOrange City-Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree and numerous power lines in Orange City.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindOrange City-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in Orange City.
May 1999HailOrange City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Volusia County

Maps showing this location

6 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Dickinson Memorial Library and Park0.6 miles1995
Orange City Town Hall0.7 miles2002
Orange City Historic District0.7 miles2004
Seth French House0.9 miles2003
Louis P. Thursby House2.6 miles2000
Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Historic District4.0 miles1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03000703 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Volusia CountyAll 93 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.