We recently visited The Debary Hall Mansion and completely loved it. It's a beautifully restored historical mansion. There is a tour, which is not rushed. A film telling you about the history of Old Florida and river life. Lovely grounds and gift shop.

What a great piece of history, DeBary Hall was the winter retreat of a European-born wine merchant who chose DeBary and acquired lands near Lake Monroe, built a large vacation house,. the river boat came down the Saint Johns river, It brought people to the...More

I've toured many old homes but this is the first one I've ever been to that feels livable by today's standards. If this had been on house hunters I would have said "pick this one" and not because it was a mansion. It just felt...More

If you love history, if you want to delve into the lives of people living and working in another era, you will love this tour. The ground also include picnic benches and large oak trees so you can make it an outing as well. The...More

The home is well worth seeing as an example of "Old Florida". The theater presentation & guided tour of this historic home was informative & interesting. As a group we were able to take part in a Tea Tasting event with wonderful service & excellent...More

This is a wonderful historic tour of the old DeBery Hunting Lodge. Our Docent/guide, Nancy gave us a great tour of the house and a brief film about the St. Johns River. The house is full of historical artifacts, paintings, dolls and furniture that the...More

What a wonderful find by chance. Spent 2 nights for a family funeral nearby and wanted to spend some spare time close by. We stumbled on this historic place. We had a fantastic tour, just the two of us (we arrived at 10 when it...More

We liked how this was not a rushed tour and we learn so much about the St John's River. It was very informative on early River life, but the house has been through a lot, we are are pleased it was saved and now being...More

The tour of DeBary Hall should be shouted to the rooftops because in a very short time you are introduced to the magnetism of Florida as she once was before the days of theme parks and luxury hotels. The St. Johns River was THE artery...More

It was very educational , we got to tour the Historic House, saw a power point presentation about the history of the Fredrick debary mansion..so interesting to see how our ancestors were so amazing and strong to build, hunt, and live off the land without...More