Constructed in 1908 facing the Indian River Lagoon in the area now known as Ryckman Park in Melbourne Beach, this building originally housed the offices of the Melbourne Beach Improvement Company, where Capt. Rufus Beaujean, his son Donald Beaujean, and Lawrence Ryckman planned the town's pier, lot sites, roads, and a railway running from the Indian River to the Atlantic Ocean. It later became the Melbourne Beach Town Hall and Post Office. After a new town hall was built in 1953, the building was floated down the river to this area, where it was used for meetings and classes under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Williams and became known as the Williams Building. When the Spessard Holland Golf Course was built, it was moved to the point of land between Oak Street and Highway A1A and continued to serve as a community center. In 2001, the county scheduled it for demolition, but two citizens secured time for rehabilitation, and after discussions, petitions, and student letters, the county agreed to lease it to the Town of Melbourne Beach. With help from volunteers enlisted by a committee, the building opened as a history center in May 2007.