Pensacola Historic District
Historic district in Florida, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pensacola Historic District (also known as the Seville Historic District) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on September 29, 1970) located in Pensacola, Florida.
Pensacola Historic District | |
Location | Pensacola, Florida |
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Coordinates | 30°24′38″N 87°12′36″W |
Area | 108 acres (44 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 70000184[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 29, 1970 |
The district is roughly bounded by Bayfront Parkway, Tarragona, Romana and Cevallos Streets. Within the district are the Historic Pensacola Village, the Pensacola Museum of History and Seville Square. Seville Square and its twin Plaza Ferdinand VII were the parade grounds for the Fort of Pensacola established during British rule. In 1559, a site to the northeast of the Pensacola Historic District on the Pensacola Bay is the earliest known European settlement on the North American continent.[2]