baseball player Danny Kelley, racing driver Kitty, musician and rapper J. C. Van Landingham, NASCAR driver Gary Russell Libby, art historian, curator, and director emeritus of Museum of Arts and Sciences Vincent Martella, actor Jack Ness, baseball player Medwin Peek, Mediterranean Revival architect Luke Scott, baseball player Frances Shimer, founder of Shimer College in Illinois Maurice Starr, musical entrepreneur New Edition, New Kids on the Block John Batterson Stetson, hat manufacturer Tra Thomas, football player William Amory Underhill, public servant Noble "Thin Man" Watts, musician Luke Weaver, baseball player Verner Moore White, artist Earl Ziebarth, state representative Sites of interest African American Museum of Art Alexander Haynes House Athens Theatre Chief Master at Arms House DeLand Hall DeLand Municipal Airport Downtown DeLand Historic District John B. Stetson House Kilkoff House Museum of Art - DeLand Old DeLand Memorial Hospital Stetson University Campus Historic District Stockton-Lindquist House Volusia County Fair and Expo Center Volusia Speedway Park West Volusia Historical Society & Museum Transportation Rail and public transportation Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, serves DeLand, operating its Silver Meteor and Silver Star trains daily in both directions between Miami and New York City. The line is primarily CSX's Sanford Subdivision. It also contains a spur leading from the station which was built by the Orange Ridge, DeLand and Atlantic Railroad and has received passenger service in the past. Local transit service is provided by VOTRAN on the #20 and #60 routes. Aviation During World War II, the Babcock Airplane Corporation manufactured 60 Waco CG-4 assault gliders at DeLand, but the firm was out of business by 1945. The DeLand Municipal Airport (a.k.a.; Sidney H. Taylor Field) still operates as a general aviation airport as well as a reliever airport for Orlando and Daytona Beach. It also contains the DeLand Naval Air Station Museum. Roads The major US highways through DeLand are US 17 (hidden SR 15) and 92 (hidden SR 600), which overlap each other from Lake Alfred in Polk County to the northern part of the city. From here, US 92 turns east onto International Speedway Boulevard toward Daytona Beach, while US 17 continues north towards Barberville, Jacksonville, and along the coast of Georgia, the Carolinas and southern Virginia. The main west-to-east state highway in DeLand is Florida State Road 44 which runs along New York Avenue. SR 44 intersects US 17/92 in Downtown DeLand but making turns at the