
A run-down recreational site in Orange City may be spared from the wrecking crew, after all.
The Florida Historic Trust has named the Orange City Shuffleboard Club’s court and clubhouse as one of 11 places on its latest list of time-honored and endangered properties worthy of special attention.
The facility on North Holly Avenue, located across from the City Hall Annex and behind the historic Town Hall, is now closed for play. The Shuffleboard Club’s clubhouse served as Orange City’s first Town Hall for a time.
Last fall, the City Council voted to demolish the structures and rip up the pavement to enlarge the parking lot for the Town Hall, but the Historic Preservation Board voted to reject granting a permit to tear down the facility.
Tom Eidel, former chair of Orange City’s Historic Preservation Board, says the Historic Trust’s designation likely makes the shuffleboard complex a candidate for greater grant funding for its restoration and preservation.
“It’s a good bit of news for Volusia County,’ he told The Beacon.