On December 15, 1885, in Charleston, South Carolina, Edward Postell Porcher married Byrnina Mona Peck of Atlanta. His grove began on Merritt Island and eventually became one of the best-known groves in the Indian River region, where he served as a general agent for the Indian River and Lake Worth Pineapple and Orange Growers Association, Florida's first citrus cooperative. Porcher also served in the organization of the North American Fruit Exchange, a national marketing initiative. Also in the 1880s, EP Porcher originally built a packing house for his citrus at Courtenay, but in 1910 he moved his packing operation to Cocoa, where it was temporarily handled at the Florida East Coast Railway depot.
In 1905 they built a 10-bedroom house, designed by Byrnina, in Cocoa. The house was beautifully designed out of native coquina rock and finished in the interior with teak, oak, and cedar. Byrnina Mona Peck Porcher served as the first postmistress of Merritt Island. The Porchers had two daughters, one son, and nine grandchildren.
She was buried at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Courteney, Florida. In the 1950s, the city of Cocoa purchased the Porcher house from the Porcher family and turned it into the City Hall. Today the house is included on the National Register of Historic Places.
Her cremains are located in the Porcher Mausoleum at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Courtenay, Merritt Island, Florida where numerous family members have been interred.
In 1905 they built a 10-bedroom house, designed by Byrnina, in Cocoa. The house was beautifully designed out of native coquina rock and finished in the interior with teak, oak, and cedar. Byrnina Mona Peck Porcher served as the first postmistress of Merritt Island. The Porchers had two daughters, one son, and nine grandchildren.
She was buried at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Courteney, Florida. In the 1950s, the city of Cocoa purchased the Porcher house from the Porcher family and turned it into the City Hall. Today the house is included on the National Register of Historic Places.
Her cremains are located in the Porcher Mausoleum at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Courtenay, Merritt Island, Florida where numerous family members have been interred.
On December 15, 1885, in Charleston, South Carolina, Edward Postell Porcher married Byrnina Mona Peck of Atlanta. His grove began on Merritt Island and eventually became one of the best-known groves in the Indian River region, where he served as a general agent for the Indian River and Lake Worth Pineapple and Orange Growers Association, Florida's first citrus cooperative. Porcher also served in the organization of the North American Fruit Exchange, a national marketing initiative. Also in the 1880s, EP Porcher originally built a packing house for his citrus at Courtenay, but in 1910 he moved his packing operation to Cocoa, where it was temporarily handled at the Florida East Coast Railway depot.
In 1905 they built a 10-bedroom house, designed by Byrnina, in Cocoa. The house was beautifully designed out of native coquina rock and finished in the interior with teak, oak, and cedar. Byrnina Mona Peck Porcher served as the first postmistress of Merritt Island. The Porchers had two daughters, one son, and nine grandchildren.
She was buried at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Courteney, Florida. In the 1950s, the city of Cocoa purchased the Porcher house from the Porcher family and turned it into the City Hall. Today the house is included on the National Register of Historic Places.
Her cremains are located in the Porcher Mausoleum at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Courtenay, Merritt Island, Florida where numerous family members have been interred.
In 1905 they built a 10-bedroom house, designed by Byrnina, in Cocoa. The house was beautifully designed out of native coquina rock and finished in the interior with teak, oak, and cedar. Byrnina Mona Peck Porcher served as the first postmistress of Merritt Island. The Porchers had two daughters, one son, and nine grandchildren.
She was buried at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Courteney, Florida. In the 1950s, the city of Cocoa purchased the Porcher house from the Porcher family and turned it into the City Hall. Today the house is included on the National Register of Historic Places.
Her cremains are located in the Porcher Mausoleum at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Courtenay, Merritt Island, Florida where numerous family members have been interred.
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