So South Brevard Historical Society, Inc.

Founded 1966

Founded 1966

Founded 1966

Founded 1966

P. P.O

. Box 1064, Melbourne, Florida, 32902-1064

www.southbrevardhistory.org

February 2012

SOUTH BREVARD HISTORICAL SOCIETY P. O. Box 1064

Melbourne, FL 32902-1064

PLEASE JOIN

US

Saturday February 11th

3:00 P M

Melbourne Public Library

540 E. Fee Avenue, M

elbourne

We celebrate.....

WOMEN’S HISTORY M

ONTH

EAU GALLIE’S

FABULOUS ROSSETTER SISTERS

a presentation by Ben DiBiase

Arriv

ing in E

au G

allie

as y

oung c

hildre

n in 1

902, R

oss

ette

r si

ster

s C

aroline

and

Ella

lived

thei

r lives

in the

hom

e built by thei

r fa

ther

, Ja

mes

until th

eir

dea

ths

in the

1990’s

. T

hei

r his

tories

thro

ugh the

role

s th

ey p

layed

in B

revar

d’s

cultura

l, s

oci

al a

nd

busi

nes

s life

re

flec

t th

e ch

ange

and dev

elopm

ent

of

Bre

var

d th

rough th

e yea

rs of

Flo

rida’

s Boom

and B

ust

era

s, tw

o W

orld W

ars, e

conom

ic rec

over

y, an

d the

Spac

e A

ge.

In 1

992 C

aroline

and E

lla

Ross

ette

r donat

ed thei

r fa

mily h

om

e an

d c

ollec

tion o

f V

icto

rian

antiques

to the

Ross

ette

r H

ouse

Foundat

ion to p

rese

rve

the

hom

e an

d c

onte

nts

as

a m

onum

ent

to t

he

pas

t an

d F

lorida’

s her

itag

e.

The

Muse

um

is

man

aged

by t

he

Flo

rida

His

torica

l Soci

ety a

nd is list

ed o

n the

Nat

ional

Reg

iste

r of H

isto

ric

Pla

ces.

Ben

DiB

iase

rec

eived

his

B.A

. in

His

tory

and P

olitica

l Sci

ence

fro

m U

CF i

n

2009 a

nd is

curr

ently p

urs

uin

g a

Mas

ters

deg

ree

in P

ublic

His

tory

. H

e w

ork

ed at

the

Ross

ette

r H

ouse

Muse

um

as

muse

um

ass

ista

nt

and, as

a R

oss

setter

Sch

ola

r in

2010,

arch

ived

the

Ross

ette

r docu

men

t co

llec

tion a

t th

e Flo

rida

His

torica

l Soci

ety. H

e now

w

ork

s at

th

e Flo

rida

His

torica

l Soci

ety

Hea

dquar

ters

as

Educa

tional

R

esourc

es

Coord

inat

or.

S.B.H.S.

S.B.H.S.

S.B.H.S.

S.B.H.S. M

EM

BE

RS

HIP

A

PP

LIC

AT

ION

& R

EN

EW

AL

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ase in

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de y

ou

r em

ail a

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This is a gift membership from :

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Membership Levels:

Individual

$20.00

Family/Library

25.00

Senior (age 65)

10.00

Student

10.00

Business

50.00

Lifetime

250.0

0

Donation ______

Please make checks payable to

South Brevard Historical Society and

mail to P.O. Box 1064, Melbourne, FL

32902-1064.

The

South

Bre

var

d H

isto

rica

l Soci

ety,

Inc.

, is

a

non-p

rofit

corp

ora

tion an

d an

IR

S 501 (C

) 3

org

aniz

atio

n. A

ll c

ontrib

utions

are

tax-d

educt

ible

by

lim

its

of

law

.

A

copy

of

the

offic

ial

registrat

ion an

d finan

cial

in

form

atio

n m

ay be

obta

ined

fro

m the

Flo

rida

Div

isio

n o

f Consu

mer

Ser

vic

es b

y c

alling 1

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EMBERS AND FRIENDS....

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rough tim

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Com

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war

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ting to

w

ork

w

ith th

ose

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tere

stin

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ense

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acco

mplish

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findin

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atis

fact

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unity

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less

).

I’ll g

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on a

job a

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ndre

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HS Pre

siden

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PS: H

ope

to s

ee y

ou a

t th

e H

om

e Tour.

It’s

a

chan

ce to r

emin

d the

com

munity a

bout th

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ue

of

our

old

er h

om

es.....a

nd h

elp r

aise

som

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nds

for th

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rchitec

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serv

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par

t of

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SB

HS

mis

sion

so

let’s

pro

mote

Pre

serv

atio

n,

Res

tora

tion,

and

Reh

abilitat

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when

ever

poss

ible

.......

SBHS CALENDAR

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MA

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10 a

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elbourn

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ifth

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Pro

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A

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14th

M

elbourn

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Lib

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, 5

40 E

. Fee

Ed V

osa

tka

pre

sents a

pro

gra

m o

n:

Melbourne’s Logging Era 1912 - 1932

*************************************

Around Brevard

Florida Public Archaeology Network FPAN

Friday, February 24th

“Ancient Shell Cities of the Northern Gulf Coast of

Florida” by Dr. Ken Sassaman, University of Florida

7 p

m

Fre

e to

the

public

Flo

rida

His

torica

l Soci

ety H

eadquar

ters

435 B

revar

d A

ven

ue

in C

oco

a V

illa

ge.

For m

ore

info

rmat

ion: (3

21) 690-1

971 E

xt.223

Historic Rossetter House and M

useum

Open

Wed

- F

ri - S

at

10 a

m - 4

pm

1320 H

ighla

nd A

ve.

in the

Eau

Gal

lie

Arts D

istric

t

phone:

254-9

855 for re

serv

atio

ns an

d info

rmat

ion.

EAU GALLIE

FOUNDERS’ DAY

February 18th 12 noon - 5 pm

Fish fry, historical displays and fun activities.

Eau Gallie Square Park

Melbourne Beach: The Old Town Hall History Center

Thru February: Special Exhibit presented by the

Daughters or the War of 1812

His

tory

of M

elbourn

e B

each

fro

m A

is India

ns to

the

pre

sent..

2373 O

ak Stree

t (a

cross

from

Spac

ewar

d H

ollan

d G

olf

Cours

e) 3

21-5

36-3

336 fo

r m

ore

info

rmat

ion.

Open

Sat

urd

ays an

d h

oliday

s 1

1-3

F

ree

Adm

issi

on

The

South

Bre

var

d H

isto

rica

l Soci

ety p

rese

nts

.............:

A D

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NTO

WN

MELB

OU

RN

E H

OM

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OU

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Sat

urd

ay, M

arch

3rd

10 a

m - 2

pm

Jo

in u

s fo

r a

glim

pse

of five

of M

elbourn

e’s

histo

ric

and v

inta

ge

hom

es. T

he

ow

ner

’s h

ave

gra

ciously o

pen

ed them

so w

e ca

n shar

e th

eir

histo

ry a

nd a

ppre

ciat

e th

e ch

arm

and lifes

tyle

of our old

er h

om

es.

On the

Tour an

d p

ictu

red is th

e H

oly

Trinity E

pisco

pal

Churc

h rec

tory

origin

ally

built as

the

Burg

ess H

ouse

an

d m

ore

rec

ently k

now

n a

s th

e Boyer

House

, lo

cate

d o

n M

elbourn

e A

ven

ue.

photo

courtes

y o

f Je

nifer

Mar

x

Tic

ket

s: $10 D

onat

ion

Tic

ket

s m

ay b

e pre

-purc

has

ed b

y M

arch

15th

at

: M

eehan

s, E

au G

allie

Flo

rist

, Expre

ssio

ns

Flo

rist, The

Ross

ette

r H

ouse

, an

d T

he

Flo

rida

Histo

rica

l Soci

ety H

eadquar

ters

in C

oco

a V

illa

ge.

Tic

ket

s w

ill be

avai

lable

on the

day

of th

e Tour at

the

residen

ces.

For ad

ditio

nal

info

rmat

ion: 7

25-4

115

Adults an

d c

hildre

n o

ver

12 a

re invited

.

Spec

ial ac

cess

and a

ssista

nce

is not av

aila

ble.

The SBHS thanks AAA Malabar Mini-Storage, located across the street from the Malabar Town Hall,

for their generous donation of air-conditioned secure storage for the Society’s collections and archives.

TAKE NOTE

A Reading and Discussion Series in America’s

Libraries to be held at

TH

E D

EG

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OD

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IBR

AR

Y

MAKING SENSE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL W

AR

Dis

cuss

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by D

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aylo

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Feb

ruar

y 7

th 6

:30 - 8

pm

Feb

ruar

y 1

2th

2

- 3

:30 p

m

Feb

ruar

y 2

6th

2

- 3

:30 p

m

M

arch

11th

2

- 3

:30 p

m

M

arch

25 2

- 3

:30 p

m

You m

ay reg

iste

r an

d p

ick u

p rea

din

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ater

ial at

the

front des

k.

6475 M

into

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d. S.W

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alm

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