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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD9_chase-street_Pensacola-FL.html
Col. William H. Chase, Construction Engineer, Pensacola Harbor defenses (Forts McRee, Barrancas, Redoubt, Pickens 1828-54). Captured Navy Yard for Florida Forces, January 12, 1861. Ordered to West Point 1856, resigned Commission to become Presiden…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD8_st-michaels-church_Pensacola-FL.html
Established in 1781 East of Ferdinand VII Plaza and North of Church Street, named because of location of St. Michael's. Destroyed by fire during Civil War period, temporary quarters were used until present Church erected in 1885.
St. Michael, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD7_battle-of-pensacola_Pensacola-FL.html
On March 9, 1781, Spanish General Bernardo de Galvez, with a fleet of some 30 ships, arrived opposite Pensacola Bay and within a day took Santa Rosa Island. On March 18, Galvez, in his ship Galveztown, sailed under the cannon of the Royal Navy Red…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD6_original-site-of-first-baptist-church_Pensacola-FL.html
Organized May 2, 1847First Building erected onthis site 1852Relocated at current site,500 N. Palafox Street, 1894.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD5_frascati_Pensacola-FL.html
"Duelling Oaks" according to tradition. Later picnic grounds and site of chowder parties of the "Mullets" and the "Snappers", in heated political rallies. Purchased by Pensacola Woman's Club, 1932 as headquarters.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD4_firefighter-vista-s-lowe_Pensacola-FL.html
At this site on September 30, 1962, Firefighter Vista Spencer Lowe, age 23, died in the line of duty while responding to a house fire at 409 East Zarragossa Street. Upon arrival at the scene, Firefighter Lowe stepped from the rear tailboard of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD3_original-site-of-pensacola-junior-college_Pensacola-FL.html
On this site, Pensacola Junior College (PJC) opened its doors on September 13, 1948. It was the first public junior college created by the Florida Legislature under the Minimum Foundation Program Act of 1947, signed into law by Governor Millard F.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD2_st-joseph-catholic-church_Pensacola-FL.html
The Sisters of Mercy began the Catholic Church's work for blacks in Pensacola when they opened St. Joseph Colored and Creole School on September 8, 1879. St. Joseph Catholic Church, built in 1891, was the 1st African-American parish in the Diocese…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD1_historic-john-the-baptist-church_Pensacola-FL.html
This is the site of John the Baptist Church, one of the oldest Baptist Churches in Pensacola. In 1846 the First Baptist Colored Church of Pensacola, known today as Historic John the Baptist Church, was organized in the Seville Square community. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DD0_kupfrians-park_Pensacola-FL.html
Established by German immigrant Conrad Kupfrian (1833-1892), the 100-acre Kupfrian's Park opened in the early 1880s and provided a distinctive entertainment and recreational venue for Pensacola residents for over thirty years. Kupfrian constructed…