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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX50_population-on-the-rise_Melbourne-FL.html
In 1880 about 200 people lived in the cities of Eau Gallie and Melbourne. Eau Gallie's population in 1886 was 50. By 1890 the combined population in and around the two settlements was 374, of which 187 actually lived within the two communities.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX35_houston-pioneer-cemetery_Melbourne-FL.html
The pioneer Houston family built its first home just southeast of this location. It was customary in those days of the nineteenth century to bury the dead on the family property, thus this cemetery was established in 1883 when 27 year old Samuel H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX34_hodgson-brothers-store-and-boatways_Melbourne-FL.html
Alexander R. Hodgson, H.U. Hodgson and John Edwin Hodgson, brothers, together with their families,came to Eau Gallie about 1883. they founded the Hodgson Brothers mercantile business at thislocation in the 1890s. they later added a marineways and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX30_harbor-city-hotel_Melbourne-FL.html
A spur track for the Florida East Coast Railway was once located on the north side of this site. The track went out on a dock where freight and passengers were loaded onto river boats for the journey south.
In 1902, the East Coast Lumber and Su…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX2X_gen-john-b-castleman-house_Melbourne-FL.html
This house was built prior to 1900 by Gen. John B. Castleman, a veteran of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Gen. Castleman, from Louisville, KY., used this as his winter home for many years.
The General was active in political and ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX1N_corner-of-highland-and-eau-gallie-blvd_Melbourne-FL.html
The First State Bank building was open for business on the south side of Eau Gallie Boulevard in 1883. One day in 1896, the cashier of the First State Bank was seen boarding a northbound train with two large suitcases. He was never heard from agai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX1K_eau-gallie-yacht-club_Melbourne-FL.html
The Eau Gallie Yacht Club was completed in January, 1912, at a cost of $3,000. The officers of the club were George F. Paddison, President; Col. C. W. Fowler, Vice-President; J.E.M. Hodgson, Secretary and Treasurer. J.A. Carr was Commodore. The in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX1H_eau-gallie-yacht-basin_Melbourne-FL.html
Aaron Bennett established the Eau Gallie Yacht Basin in 1896. But even before that the basin was the terminus of a steamboat line in the days before the railroad reached Eau Gallie.
Phillip David Barbour, a native of Louisville, KY. was the man…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX1G_eau-gallie-public-library_Melbourne-FL.html
This library is the second oldest library in Brevard County. It was founded by the members of the Avilah Club in 1898. Its first location was in the Eau Gallie Post Office (See marker on Highland Avenue.)
The Eau Gallie Woman's club took over t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX1F_corner-of-highland-and-law-street_Melbourne-FL.html
The three story building on the corner of Law and Highland was built by the Gleason family in 1910. The third floor was the Masonic temple. The building was built on some of the highest ground in the area and still had an artesian well with enough…