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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B31_karricks-grocery_Melbourne-FL.html
Karrick's Grocery opened in 1918 in a small 16x30 ft. building with an inventory worth $800. Sugar was selling at 28 cents a pound, butter 60 cents a pound, rice 15 cents a pound, and flour $2.35 for 25 pounds. The U.S. was engaged in World War I.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B30_downtown-eau-gallie_Melbourne-FL.html
Lansing Gleason, a descendant of the pioneer Gleason family, recalled that downtown Eau Gallie had numerous fish houses, each with a barrel of whiskey set up at holiday times. A tin cup was provided on a help yourself basis. Things got pretty rowd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19HI_lincoln-hotel_Melbourne-FL.html
The south side of this building was originally built in 1923 as the home for the Ernest Kouwen-Hoven family. During the year they lived in it, it was the scene of many spectacular parties, as well as more down-to-earth "crab-boils" held on the spa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19HG_the-first-congregational-church-of-melbourne_Melbourne-FL.html
The First Congregational Church of Melbourne had its beginnings in 1887 when Edward Branch and his wife Abbie began to hold regular Bible study and worship meetings. In December 1887, five men and seven women signed a covenant that was the first s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19HE_site-of-the-b-24-crash-during-w-w-ii_Melbourne-FL.html
On the night of March 26, 1944, three B-24 aircraft were flying loose formation from Chatham field in Savannah, Georgia on a training flight. Somewhere over the Atlantic ocean, two of the planes went down without even giving a distress signal. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17EY_william-h-gleason-house_Melbourne-FL.html
The William H. Gleason House was built around 1884 by William Henry Gleason (c. 1830-1902) and his wife Sarah Griffin Gleason. Gleason came to Florida in 1866 with his wife and two sons from Eau claire, Wisconsin, and settled in Dade County. In 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HR_little-red-schoolhouse_Melbourne-FL.html
Melbourne's oldest surviving schoolhouse built 1883 by John Goode at his house on the river. Both black and white students, attended 5-6 summer months, sat on benches. Wrote on slates, drank from well near by. Bought by South Brevard Historical So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10EA_florida-institute-of-technology_Melbourne-FL.html
A 37-cent donation, given to Florida Institute of Technology founder Jerome P. Keuper (1921-2002), would launch one of the most remarkable stories in American higher education. Keuper, a scientist working at Cape Canaveral, founded Florida Tech in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZRF_holy-trinity_Melbourne-FL.html
First organized in 1884, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church was erected in 1886 on land donated by Lucy Boardman, who also provided plans for the building. Founding members of the congregation included the Goode, Campbell, Miller, Ely, Ellis and Grubb …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZHE_eau-gallie-bridge-to-the-beach_Melbourne-FL.html
The first wooden bridge from Eau Gallie to "Eau Gallie Beach" was started in 1924. The bridge was formally opened in February 1926. Soon after John R. Mathers began plans to build a bridge from the barrier island to the tip of Merritt Island. That…