Lawndale Museum - The H.S. Williams Home

Lawndale Museum - The H.S. Williams Home Lawndale Museum is a historic home in the Rockledge Drive Historic District south of Cocoa Village.

Lawndale is a historic home in Rockledge, Florida, built by Hiram Smith Williams. The house is a registered on the National Register of Historic Places and is a contributing structure to the Rockledge Drive Historic District. The house was built in three stanzas - the first beginning in 1874 upon his arrival to the area, and the second stanza completed in early 1888, and a final remodeling in late

1891, when the house reached its final form. Williams lived here with his wife Cornelia, his son - Sydney, and daughter, Myra. A carriage builder by trade, Williams relocated to Florida from Alabama to find new prospects during the economic turmoil of the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. He found success not in the building of conveyances, but in agriculture. His 'Lawndale' label citrus, which he grew on groves that eventually amassed to hundreds of acres around his home, helped establish central Brevard county as a center of fruitpacking. Williams also spent much of his time promoting and leading the community, becoming the first postmaster for Rockledge, serving as County Treasurer and in the mid-1880s, serving as a State Senator. He established the Brevard Telephone Company in his later life - the first telephone service within Brevard County. Williams was also a proponent of education, building as part of his home a school-room - one of the earliest purpose-built spaces devoted for education in the county. This schoolroom was not only used for the education of the Williams children, but also of multiple children in the first days of the Rockledge community. Williams and his children spoke multiple languages - and his daughter Myra, was a graduate of Rollins College in 1898. The Williams family lived in the house continuously until Brevard County purchased the house as part of the Beach and Riverfront Purchase initiative in 1989. The house has been restored over the course of twenty years and js now open to the public the first Saturday of every month 10 AM to 3PM

Lawndale on Saturday, August 15 from 9 am until 1 pm will host a plant sale. This will be with Fox and Ferns native land...
07/24/2026

Lawndale on Saturday, August 15 from 9 am until 1 pm will host a plant sale. This will be with Fox and Ferns native landscape company.

Free to the public
07/16/2026

Free to the public

07/16/2026
Come out August 8th and celebrate Margaret Williams 100th birthday there will be a band and light refreshments. The hous...
07/16/2026

Come out August 8th and celebrate Margaret Williams 100th birthday there will be a band and light refreshments. The house will be open for tours. Starting at 1:30 pm

Mary Williams was the G-Grandmother of HS Williams of Historic Lawndale in Rockledge
07/05/2026

Mary Williams was the G-Grandmother of HS Williams of Historic Lawndale in Rockledge

Zenas Williams, the grandfather of HS Williams of Historic Lawndale was an American Patriot in The Revolutionary War. Z...
07/04/2026

Zenas Williams, the grandfather of HS Williams of Historic Lawndale was an American Patriot in The Revolutionary War.

Zenas was also the son of Nathaniel (a Tory) who left home to fight with the British!

It was a family divided.

John the son of Zenas was the father of H S Williams.

The Revolutionary War had a traumatic effect on the grandparents of HS Williams of Historic Lawndale in Rockledge. @
07/03/2026

The Revolutionary War had a traumatic effect on the grandparents of HS Williams of Historic Lawndale in Rockledge. @

Lots of excitement at LAWNDALE yesterday! You should have been there! Jack Stefano drove his 1918 Buick touring car by...
05/31/2026

Lots of excitement at LAWNDALE yesterday! You should have been there!
Jack Stefano drove his 1918 Buick touring car by for a visit! His passenger was Brandon McKinney who came by to repair one of our parasol’s.

Meanwhile, five very well behaved young men posed for photos in Alex Greenwood’s electric Model T.

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1219 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge, FL
32955

Opening Hours

10am - 3pm

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+13216325650

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