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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E4O_riomar-clubhouse-saint-edwards-school_Vero-Beach-FL.html
Riomar Clubhouse Saint Edward's School. . During the early 1920's, three Cleveland, Ohio physicians established Riomar as a private winter resort for themselves and their families. The facilities included a clubhouse and guest cottage on what is n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D3M_frank-and-stella-heiser-house_Fellsmere-FL.html
Frank and Stella Heiser House. . Frank William Heiser was born in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1892. He was orphaned at age 14 and later dropped out of school. In 1911, Heiser bought a 20-acre farm in Fellsmere and moved to the area in 1912. He married…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1R_gifford-high-school-sundial-landmark_Vero-Beach-FL.html
Gifford High School Sundial Landmark. . In 1892, William Edward Geoffrey, an African American man from Darlington, South Carolina, came to work on the Florida East Coast Railroad in Gifford. The town's first school was built in 1898, but only serv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24B4_vero-beach-railway-station_Vero-Beach-FL.html
In 1893, Henry Flagler's railroad arrived in Sebastian, and reached Ft. Pierce in 1894, bypassing the tiny community of Vero. Flagler renamed his railroad the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) in 1895. Because of agricultural growth in the area, Fl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24B3_bethel-creek-house-of-refuge_Vero-Beach-FL.html
The 1st house of refuge on Florida's east coast was constructed on this site which later became part of the U.S. Lifesaving Service. Houses of Refuge were built about 20 miles apart and provided a safe haven for those shipwrecked along the desolat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VYZ_vero-beach-city-hall-historical_Vero-Beach-FL.html
Vero's first town hall building was located at the southeast corner of the original 1913 town plat, west of the Florida East Coast Railway tracks along Osceola Boulevard, later State Road 60. Designed by John Sherwood in the Spanish Mission Reviva…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SIP_sebastian_Sebastian-FL.html
Settled in the 1870's, Sebastian became an important trading and fishing center during the era of the river steamers. To improve commerce and fishing, pioneers in 1886 attempted unsuccessfully to link the ocean with the river via the Sebastian Inl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SI7_veterans-memorial-island-sanctuary_Vero-Beach-FL.html
River travel was vital to the early human activity of Florida and the Indian River area. In the early 1900's, efforts began to dredge the Indian River. By the 1930's, the U.S. Corps of Engineers routinely maintained this channel called the Intraco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R89_fellsmere-union-church_Fellsmere-FL.html
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Fellsmere Union Church, located at 12 North Hickory Street, is the first and oldest church in the City of Fellsmere. The Reverend James A. Liggitt, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of London, Ohio, and a property owner in Fellsmere, was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R86_the-marian-fell-library_Fellsmere-FL.html
The Merian Fell Library, the oldest library in Indian River County, opened its doors to the public on May 1, 1915 at 63 North Cypress Street, Fellsmere, Florida. Construction of the library was made possible by Marian Fell, daughter of Edward Nels…