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Pensacola: Also known as the Virginia. [6] Sank on August 10, 1977. 2: Pensacola Athletic Club: April 16, 1975 (#75000552) October 10, 1990: SW corner of Baylen and Belmont Sts. Pensacola: Also known as Rafford Hall. Destroyed by arsonist in 1990. [6] 3: San Carlos Hotel: San Carlos Hotel: January 20, 1982 (#82002374) February 4, 1994: 1 N ...
The Hyer—Knowles Planing Mill Chimney in Pensacola, Florida is all that remains of an 1854 steam-powered sawmill. [2] When the Confederacy abandoned the city in 1862, all the mills were destroyed so they could not be used by the Union. The only part of the building that survived was the chimney. [3]
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.
Fort McRee was built on Perdido Key across Pensacola Pass from Fort Pickens. Abandoned by Union forces and taken over by Florida and Alabama militia in January 1861, it was badly damaged by Union bombardment during the American Civil War later that year. Abandoned by Confederate forces, Fort McRee remained in ruins for the next three decades.
Sports venues in Pensacola, Florida (5 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Pensacola, Florida" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
The Palafox Historic District (NR 14001085) comprises 129 properties in Pensacola, Florida.The district includes 100 contributing buildings, 28 non-contributing buildings, and 1 non-contributing site (Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza – due to age of site at time of the nomination).
When Confederate forces abandoned Pensacola in May 1862, they burned Fort McRee and several other buildings in the area believed to be of strategic value. No mention in surviving records indicate that any repairs were made or even attempted on the fort by Union forces. [2]
1870: The Pensacola and Fort Barrancas Railroad, an eight-mile line connecting Pensacola, Florida, with the fort, through Warrington and Woolsey, is constructed during the Reconstruction era to improve infrastructure in the state. [8] The line had several corporate ownerships before the rail link on Naval Air Station Pensacola was abandoned ...