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Pritchard House Gardens
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GARDEN #10
Fredrick Alfee Losley, a Swiss immigrant, came to Titusville in 1882 by way of Cedar Key. Frederick and Ledonia were married April 18, 1888 in the home he built on the corner of Hopkins Ave. and Main St. The bride carried a Battenberg lace handkerchief made for her wedding by friend Ina Titus. Building the home and caring for Ledonia and her sister Kate were promises Frederick had made to his new wife. The sisters, born in Cedar Key and orphaned at the young ages of 8 and 6 years old, had often been under Losley’s care. In 1888, he began construction of a 2-story brick building on So. Washington Ave. where he established “Losley’s Saloon” on the first floor. Losley named the upstairs the “Alpine Hotel”, which consisted of 10 boarding rooms. In 1906, when the Brevard County Anti-Saloon League vowed to make Brevard “dry”, Losley closed the saloon and set up a restaurant for his sister-in-law Kate Myers. “The City Restaurant” became a popular eatery because of Kate’s culinary reputation. His son Leland enclosed the alley and operated Losley Electric there from 1919 – 1928. Older son Arthur later used the store for another business. Fredrick died in 1915 after a lengthy battle with TB, leaving the property to his wife and surviving children: Arthur (called “Bill”), Leland, Leah, Calvin and Emile, all born in the family home. The property was sold in 1972 by owner Leah Losley Evans.
THE LOSLEY – EVANS FAMILY GARDEN
FREDRICK A. & LEDONIA O’REILLY LOSLEY
Sponsored by Cecil Houston Evans
& Wanda Evans Clark
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