Myles Building

The Myles Building was erected in 1913 and housed a billiard parlor and restaurant on the ground floor and the Midway Hotel upstairs. The Melbourne Times moved here from its Front Street location almost as soon as the building was finished and remained about four years. Following Prohibition, the billiard parlor became Shorty's Bar, and it is said that mobster Al Capone once played pool here. When the local school needed more classrooms from 1916 to 1920, some classes were held in this building as well as in the Methodist church across the street and in City Hall.

Melbourne, Florida · United States