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This is a list of neighborhoods and districts in Pensacola, Florida. Pensacola is divided into 16 separate districts and almost 100 separate neighborhoods. Downtown Pensacola(1)
The John Edmunds Apartment House (also known as Mirador) is a historic apartment house in Pensacola, Florida, United States. It is located at 2007 East Gadsden Street. On September 29, 1983, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Pensacola does not have a prominent skyline, but has several low-rise buildings. The tallest is the 15-floor Crowne Plaza Grand Hotel, at 146 feet (45 m). Other tall buildings include the Scenic Apartments (98 feet; 30 m), SunTrust Tower (96 feet; 29 m), Seville Tower (88 feet; 27 m), and the AT&T Building (76 feet; 23 m).
Escambia County is the westernmost and oldest county in the U.S. state of Florida.As of the 2020 census, the population was 321,905. [1] The county seat and largest city is Pensacola. [2]
The Pensacola Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area was first defined in 1958, with Pensacola as the principal city, and included Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. The MSA was renamed Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent MSA in 2003, with the unincorporated census-designated places Ferry Pass and Brent added as principal cities. [ 2 ]
The Spanish resettled Pensacola in November 1698 under the direction of the first governor, Andrés de Arriola. [12] They built three presidios in Pensacola during the following decades, in 1719, 1722 and 1754. [13]
Pensacola State College was founded as the first higher education institution in Pensacola. The main campus in Pensacola was inaugurated in 1948. The college expanded its reach over the decades with the establishment of additional campuses, including: the Downtown campus (opened in 1957), the Milton campus (opened in 1971), and the Warrington ...
Historic Pensacola (located within the Pensacola Historic District) is a collection of 28 historical buildings and museums managed by the University of West Florida's Historic Trust. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Historic Pensacola is located in downtown Pensacola , Florida, situated between Plaza Ferdinand VII and Seville Square.