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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23BI_causeway_Melbourne-FL.html
Ernest Kouwen-Hoven, a land developer and promoter of Indialantic-by-the-Sea in 1918-19, realized that if the seaside town was to become a resort-residential community, a bridge must be built from the mainland to the peninsula. He contracted local…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZB_site-of-first-permanent-log-cabin_Melbourne-FL.html
Richard W. Goode, wife Jessie Goode and three small children arrived in the area of Crane Creek in 1877. They came here from Evanston, Illinois.
Goode explored the area, on foot and by boat, while his family remained in the small settlement of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZ0_carleton-hotel-idlewylde-hotel_Melbourne-FL.html
The first Carleton Hotel was built on this site about 1887, under the ownership of Jennie and Emma Strawbridge, sisters, who were natives of Sharon, PA.
That hotel burned in 1904. At the same time, the Idlewylde Hotel to the north, also burned.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DY4_billy-wallace-house_Melbourne-FL.html
This house was built circa 1898-1900 by William O. Wallace from Indiana, who lived here with his wife, May Bell and their four children. An expert fisherman and musician, Wallace kept backyard pens filled with live alligators, turtles and fish for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJG_union-cypress-sawmill_Melbourne-FL.html
The Union Cypress Co. was Melbourne's first big industry, bringing employment, growth and development to the region. Their big cypress/pine sawmill was a three-story, all-steel structure about 50 by 150 feet. Five, 150-horsepower boilers provided …
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/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 …