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One of 93 National Register listings published here for Volusia County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
James W. Wright Building
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 5 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1954.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Wright, James W., Building - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 258 West Voorhis Ave., DeLand, 32720
- When was it listed? February 2021
- Category. building
- Census division. DeLand
- National Register reference number. 100006120 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
260 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of James W. Wright Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,587 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 23 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 use | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Natural | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SPRING GARDEN (64) |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | VICTORIA GARDENS (64) |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF-64 VICTORIA PARK |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | U.T. ROAD (64) |
| 19 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHURCH STREET (64) |
| 17 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge | HOT TIME |
| 5 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF WAR ADMIRAL |
| 4 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 44 I-4 WESTBOUND (64) |
Storms near this property
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names DeLand, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports in 1993: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deland | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines and blew in windows. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deland | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed shutters and damaged roofs. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deland | - | A thunderstorm gust to 74 mph was recorded. |
Maps showing this location
5 surveysUnited 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.
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS De Land quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Alexander Haynes House | 0.2 miles | 1995 |
 | Downtown DeLand Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1987 |
 | West DeLand Residential District | 0.6 miles | 1992 |
| Eastwood Terrace Hotel | 0.8 miles | 2019 | |
 | Stetson University Campus Historic District | 0.8 miles | 1991 |
 | DeLand Hall | 0.8 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006120 in Record Group 79. |
| Volusia County | All 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.