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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCW_naval-air-station-melbourne_Melbourne-FL.html
This site was the 129-building Naval Air Station constructed at the Melbourne Municipal Airport at the beginning of World War II. It was commissioned as Operational Training Unit No. 2 on October 20, 1942 and closed on February 15, 1946. The Stati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY8U_tin-can-tourist-campground_Melbourne-FL.html
Almost this entire block was a campground for tin can tourists in the year 1918(?) - 1923. Travelers from all over the country camped here in tents, homemade trailers and even wooden shelters built on the back of Model T Ford trucks. Out houses an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY8T_history-of-the-1900-building_Melbourne-FL.html
1924The midway city of Melbourne boasts the grand opening of the Melbourne Hotel. Built by developer Elton Hall.
Late 1920's to Early 1960'sSeveral specialty shops, a barbershop, a taxi dispatch station and drug store enjoyed bustling business …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYP_melbourne-hotel_Melbourne-FL.html
The Melbourne Hotel was first opened on the evening of September 23, 1924, with several hundred guests in attendance.
Elton Hall was the promoter of the hotel and celebrated his 36th birthday on the day of the opening.
That same year (1924),…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYH_orange-spot-inn_Melbourne-FL.html
The original hotel on this site was built in 1884 on property which Richard W. Goode purchased from Thomas Mason first white settler of Melbourne. Mrs. R.W. Goode operated the "Rooming House." She called it the Goode House.
In 1894, the Campbel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYF_campbell-park_Melbourne-FL.html
Many acres in this area were originally owned by Peter Wright a black man and one of the first settlers of this area. He sold his property to Thomas Mason, an English recluse, who later sold the property to Richard W. Goode for $110.
The prope…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYE_florida-east-coast-railroad_Melbourne-FL.html
Henry M. Flagler, Florida East Coast Railroad owner, was influenced to extend his railroad south from Rockledge by a Melbourne resident: E.P. Branch. The railroad tracks were built into Eau Gallie about 1892. Considerable delay was experienced in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYD_melbourne-public-library_Melbourne-FL.html
The library began in Mrs. Campbell's store called The Bazaar, on lower New Haven Avenue, in 1918.
It soon outgrew the store, moved to a building on the corner of New Haven Ave. and Vernon Place, then across the street to the display room of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXPT_henegar-school-complex_Melbourne-FL.html
The western most building of this complex was built in the period 1919-1921 and the first high school graduating class graduated May 12, 1921 with 13 students.
The building was soon overflowing and six "shacks" were built to care for the surplu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXPS_myles-building_Melbourne-FL.html
This building was erected in 1913 and contained a billiard parlor and restaurant on the ground floor, and the Midway Hotel upstairs. The Melbourne Times moved from its Front Street location to this building almost as soon as it was finished, and r…