Trip To The Old DeLand Courthouse
Posted by Scoutmaster on March 5, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Pack 804 took a guided tour of the old DeLand Courthouse on Thursday, March 5, 2009. The tour guide’s name was Mrs. Carmen, and she was very informative and excited to teach us about this piece of Florida history.
The exterior of the old DeLand courthouse.
The cubs began in the restored west courtroom, and several of them sat in the places in which the judge, the jury, the witnesses and the defendant used to sit. The old jail door of the holding cell are hanging on display up in the balconies.
Mrs. Carmen then took the cubs outside to the mezzanine floor and the ground floor of the rotunda and showed them the works of artist Jackson Walker. It was interesting to learn that Mr. Walker tries in incorporate a dog and a snake into each of his historical paintings. It’s not always possible, but he managed to get them into several of his paintings.
The whole group milling around in the rotunda.
Mrs. Carmen telling the cubs about a painting.
The restored west courtroom.
Looking up at the stained glass of the rotunda.
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