Historic Melrose sincerely thanks all the volunteers for the recent Banana mill site cleanup. It was a beautiful day on the tranquil acreage that used to be the settlement of Banana, Florida along Mill creek. Our sincere gratitude to Mark Manning for leading the work day. For the 20th...
Historic Melrose Inc. encourages support for the recent Tallahassee legislation called the Main Street Tourism and Historic Revitalization Act. Please visit the following web portal for more information. https://www.floridatrust.org/post/huge-win-for-preservation-in-florida-this-morning Preservation of Florida’s irreplaceable and historic resources is vital to Florida’s future!
Daurer History Center will be open during the Art Walk from 6-8pm this Friday, December 3rd. Come to Heritage Park and see the vintage Santa display at the Daurer Center. Merry Christmas!
Melrose Heritage Park and HMI hosted wonderful volunteers from Boy Scout Troop 146 (Keystone United Methodist Church). Each boy provided four hours of hard work at the park. They are earning their Citizenship in the Community merit badge where eight hours of volunteer service are required. We offer a...
Trinity Episcopal Church unveiled its historic marker on Sunday, March 21, 2021. Sponsors include Historic Melrose, Inc., Trinity Episcopal Church, and the Florida Dept. of State. Al Burt was past president of HMI and a celebrated author. He loved Melrose and especially events like the marker dedication held at...
At the annual meeting, Ronnie Carnes provided a wonderful history of Florahome, Florida. Some entertaining stories and rare pictures were shared: The historic Florahome clubhouse is being restored and HMI encourages your generous donations to help with this important work.
We thank all the wonderful volunteers who helped clean up the historic grist mill and grounds at Banana, Florida (just south of Melrose). We readied the lot for a good bush-hog cutting. The kids enjoyed finding various animal bones while cleaning along Mill Creek, the old Orange Springs-to-Starke...
Dick Franz gave a terrific talk about Florida history, geologic and hydrologic events, and fossils found in the local area. Dick brought fascinating fossils from the Pleistocene epoch (10,000 years to 1.9 million years ago) including manatee, whale, alligator, tortoise, pond turtles, giant armadillo, mastodon, mammoth, smilodon (sabre cat),...
Speaker program by Dick Franz, Sunday 15 Nov. 2020, 2pm. Homemakers Club. Melrose Christmas parade, Saturday 6pm, Dec. 19, 2020. Sponsored by Melrose Patriots. Banana mill site cleanup, Saturday Jan 16, 2021 at 9am. Annual meeting with speaker, Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 2pm. History field trips, TBD.
Project list as of July 2020: Plant approximately 3 live oak trees to replace the dying water oaks, subject to consultation with Mr. Berry, County, and HMI board. County arborist inspection of one oak near pavilion. Ms. P. Fletcher. Done. County will monitor. Replace Daurer Center roof. Remove...
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