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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWU_smith-family-homestead-historical_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
Under the United States Government Homestead Act of 1862, brothers Robert Toombs Smith and Charley Smith laid claim to 158.79 acres on Mullet Creek in 1887. They discovered the property while searching the Indian River Lagoon shoreline by sailboat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5C_the-ryckman-house_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
One of the first homes in Melbourne Beach, the Ryckman House was built in 1890 for Jacob Fox by Captain Rufus W. Beaujean. Both men were original investors in the Melbourne Beach Company, later named the Melbourne Beach Improvement Company. The Ry…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BEJ_possible-vicinity-of-juan-ponce-de-leons-landing_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
While there is disagreement among scholars, it is believed that this site may be in an area where Juan Ponce de Leon made landfall in April 1513. It has long been thought that this event took place near St. Augustine, based upon studies of de Leon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXG_melbourne-beach-pier_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
Constructed 1889Restored 1985Originally built by the Melbourne and Atlantic Railroad company, this pier was the gateway to the barrier island. A "Port Facility" for tourists, residents, freight, and mail, it supported a standard gauge railroad fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXF_old-melbourne-beach-town-hall_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
This building was constructed in 1908 facing the Indian River Lagoon in the area now know as Ryckman Park in Melbourne Beach. It originally held offices of the Melbourne Beach Improvement Company. The officers, Capt. Rufus Beaujean, son Donald Bea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZRH_community-chapel-of-melbourne-beach-florida_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
This historic Chapel, the oldest Church on the Beaches, has been the center of community religious life since it was built in 1892 on land donated in 1890 by Mr. And Mrs. Henry Whiting. At a cost of $200 and a donation for interior finishing, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZRG_the-villa-marine_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
The Villa Marine Hotel was erected in 1912 by W.L. Sweet. Its construction provided a sorely needed boost for Melbourne Beach as a vacation resort, for other well known resorts north and south were by this time outstripping this community in growt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZI4_myrtle-cottage_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
Constructed on this site in 1888, Myrtle Cottage was built by Mrs. Hannah Cummings and her daughter Grace, and was the first house in the area known as Melbourne Beach. The house's construction was made difficult by the lack of roads or docks, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZHF_melbourne-atlantic-railroad_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
On this site, in February of 1889, Captain Alfred Wilcox took delivery of a shipment of steel rail that would be used in the building of the Melbourne & Atlantic Railroad. Over the coming months, railroad track would be laid to connect the Indian …
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