page_title: Melbourne, Florida
section_title: Historic sites
hierarchical_section_title: Melbourne, Florida / Arts and culture / Museums and points of interest / Historic sites
caption_attribution_description: English: Front view of the Roesch House (c.1901), 1320 Highland Avenue, Eau Gallie, Florida.
context_page_description: Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is seventy-two miles southeast from Orlando. As of the 2010 census, there was a population of 76,068. The municipality is the second-largest in the county by both size and population. Melbourne is a principal city of the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1969 the city was expanded by merging with nearby Eau Gallie.
context_section_description: There are four places on the National Register of Historic Places:
  Florida Power and Light Company Ice Plant (1927) located at 1604 South Harbor City Boulevard
  William H. Gleason House at 1736 Pineapple Avenue
  James Wadsworth Rossetter House (c. 1860s) at 1320 Highland Avenue
  Green Gables at Historic Riverview Village 1501 South Harbor City Blvd
  The following places also are historic:
  Henegar Center (1919) located at 625 East New Haven Avenue
  Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (1886) at 50 West Strawbridge Avenue
  Melbourne Bone Bed at Crane Creek
  Nannie Lee House – Strawberry Mansion (1905) at 1218 East New Haven Avenue
  Roesch House (c. 1901) at 1320 Highland Avenue
  Winchester Symphony House (1890s) at 1500 Highland Avenue
  Walking historic tours
  EAU GALLIE Arts District has an established historical walking tour that includes over 20 historical buildings or locations in the arts district.
caption: Roesch House
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