Orange Spot Inn

The original hotel on this site was built in 1884 on property Richard W. Goode purchased from Thomas Mason, the first white settler of Melbourne. Mrs. R.W. Goode operated the rooming house and called it the Goode House. In 1894, the Campbell family purchased the property, enlarged the hotel, and changed its name to the Bellevue Hotel. A water wheel and a cement pool were added. In the early part of the twentieth century, tennis matches were held on the Bellevue's tennis courts, and the entire population of Melbourne came out to watch. In 1920, Harry Balsey bought the Bellevue Hotel and changed its name to Orange Spot Inn. The inn was destroyed by fire on January 12, 1927.

Melbourne, Florida · United States