Bond Lumber and Brick

BOND LUMBER AND BRICK

Near the railroad station is the plant of the Bond industries. E. W. Bond came to DeLand in 1881. Besides building the railroad to DeLand Landing he was an extensive saw mill operator. He sold this business, but continued to make DeLand a winter home for some years. In 1904, he formed the E. W. Bond Company with his three sons, as partners. They built a crate and box factory at Lake Helen. This burned and was rebuilt into a saw mill that has operated continuously ever since. Recently the pine mill on account of scarcity of timber was converted into a cypress mill. Trains are bringing in logs from the woods and full crews of hands are at the big mill, which will help to make the village prosperous. Frank E. Bond and Robert M. Bond in 1904 located here their sandstone brick factory. They had secured valuable German patents, giving them the exclusive right to manufacture in Florida. Many important buildings in the state have been built of this material: the Carnegie Library, John B. Stetson University; City Hall, Palatka; Atlantic Coast Line and Florida East Coast Terminal Station, Jacksonville.

Excerpt from, The History of DeLand and Lake Helen, Florida.

Written by, Helen Parce DeLand

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