This volunteer-run organization oversees several sites from Deerfield Beach's early days in the 1920s. Back then the community was 1300 people strong and the town consisted of four or five stores, a lodge, a post office and two hotels. The Old Deerfield School, Kester Cottage and the Butler House museum are all open for tours on the first and third Saturday of the month.
Deerfield Beach Historical Society
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