DeLand 
When the Volusia County Historic Courthouse opened its doors on November 18, 1929, it announced DeLand's status as the seat of county government with unmistakable grandeur. Designed by W.D. Harper & Co. in the Neoclassical style, the building rose at 125 West New York Avenue with fluted Corinthian columns, elaborate twin facades, ornate balustrades, and terra-cotta detailing — the architectural vocabulary of civic dignity.
Inside, a copper-clad dome crowned a dramatic stained-glass rotunda, and a second-floor courtroom seated as many as two hundred people. For more than seventy years this was where West Volusia's legal life played out, with trials held in that grand courtroom from 1929 until the early 2000s. It was, and remains, a beacon of civic pride on the downtown skyline.
When court operations moved on, DeLand chose preservation over demolition. The courthouse was renovated and repurposed in 2005 to house county offices and public cultural uses, and today it doubles as a destination for the arts, displaying commissioned works by Florida-based artists beneath its historic dome. As a contributing building on the National Register of Historic Places, it stands as one of the finest expressions of the city's belief that public buildings should inspire.