National Historic Landmark-Hibernian Hall

National Historic Landmark- Hibernian Hall

Completed in 1840, this is the only extant building associated with the Democratic Convention of 1860, one of the most critical political assemblies in the history of the United States.

At Charleston, the fate of ...

Gibson Tenement Houses Chain of Lakes Heritage Park at Brevard

Three shotgun style tenement houses formerly located on Palm Avenue are the remaining evidence of what used to be the vibrant black-owned business section along South Street in Titusville. Owned by the William Gibson family and built in the early ...

National Historic Landmark-Heyward-Washington House

National Historic Landmark-Heyward-Washington House

From 1777 to 1794, this three story brick structure, a fine example of a Charleston double house, was the home of Thomas Heyward, Jr. (1746-1809), a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The house was built in ...

Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Cultural Center

The Moore Memorial Park, on the property of the original Moore family home site, honors the lives of Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore, educators and leading local and national civil rights activists. Opened in 2004, the 11.93-acre park features ...

National Historic Landmark-DuBose Hayward House

National Historic Landmark-DuBose Heyward House

From about 1919 to 1924, this was the residence of DuBose Heyward (1885-1940), author the novel PORGY (1925), which inspired the famed folk opera PORGY AND BESS.

Heyward chose as the setting for his novel the ...

National Historic Landmark-Hampton Plantation

National Historic Landmark-Hampton Plantation

Erected in 1735, enlarged in 1757 and again in 1791, this building evolved from a modest frame structure built by a Huguenot settler into a large Georgian county house.

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Community Cemetery

Originally known as the White Lily Cemetery, the Mount Olive Courtenay Community Cemetery was on the grounds adjacent to the Bethel AME Church, one of the first black churches on Merritt Island. Grave sites date from 1919.

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Brothers Park

The site of the first black school of south Melbourne, the two-story Melbourne School was built by Brevard County between 1920-1921 on land donated by pioneer landowner John S. Stone. Burned to the ground in December 1953, only the band ...

Wright Brothers House (Private)

Wright Brothers was among Melbourne's first settlers, establishing his homestead in the area by 1877. Brothers' frame vernacular house was constructed circa 1892.

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Stone Funeral Home

This funeral home was established in 1923 to serve all of Brevard County. By the 1930s, brothers Richard E. Stone and Reverend Albert T. Stone operated the Stone Brothers Funeral Homes, with branches in Melbourne, Fort Pierce, and Cocoa.

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