Florida Historical Society

Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society recently conducted an interview with us about the history of the Cocoa Beach Glass Bank.

Historical image of the First United Methodist Church in Cocoa Beach

Sep 28 2018September 1, 2021

First United Methodist Cocoa Beach – Historic

Community, Photography / Cocoa Beach, First United Methodist, Florida Historical Society

We recently laser scanned the First United Methodist Church in Cocoa Beach along A1A. Here is a historic image as it appears circa 1963. Noticed the light colored roof compared to how it appears in the 2018 scan.

Robert P. Murkshe in front of the then newly constructed Cocoa Beach Municipal Building

Aug 20 2018September 1, 2021

Cocoa Beach Mayor Robert Murkshe

Community / City of Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach, digitizing, Florida Historical Society, photographs, Robert P. Murkshe

Call for assistance! Robert P. Murkshe served as Cocoa Beach Mayor from 1963 to 1972, a period when the community grew significantly in population, physical size, and international notoriety.