Seville Historic District Loop

On the Seville Historic District bike loop, you'll see sights like the Pensacola Museum of History, Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center, Plaza Ferdinand VII, Veterans Memorial Park, Tivoli High House and more.

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Seville Historic District Loop

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2Alger-Sullivan Historic District

610 4th St Century, FL 32535 (850) 256-3980

The Alger-Sullivan Historical Society features the early twentieth century sawmill town of Century, FL. The museums include The Leach House, Boxcar Museum and a Post Office Museum. Please call ahead of time to arrange a tour.

3Seville Square

301 South Alcaniz St Pensacola, FL 32502 (850) 436-5670

Seville Square is the cornerstone for the Pensacola Historic District and the Seville Square Historic District which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It features a gazebo which is popular for weddings and other small gatherings, as well as benches, walking path and public art. Seville Square is home to some of the biggest festivals of the year, including the Pensacola JazzFest, Pensacola Seafood Festival and Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival. With plenty of shade and a cool breeze off the Pensacola Bay.

Interesting Facts:

Seville Square was the location of a 1752 outpost originally known as San Miguel. When the British took control of Pensacola, the area was laid out as a public square by Elias Dunford in 1764. The square originally extended from Palafox Street to Alcaniz Street and from the bay to Intendencia Street. When the Spanish assumed control again in 1813, the square was designated a public plaza and named for Seville Spain.

Early modern use of the square was as a ballfield and playground. The ballfield and playground were relocated in 1966 and a gazebo was constructed in preparation for the first “Evening in Old Seville” sponsored by the Pensacola Heritage Foundation. The event was briefly discontinued in 1972 but would be revitalized in coordination with the Galvez Bicentennial celebration in 1981. The event continued on again and was organized by various organizations until 2015.

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10Veterans Memorial Park and Wall South

200 S. 10th Ave. Pensacola, FL 32052 (850) 434-6119

In December of 1987 the "Moving Wall" came to Pensacola Florida and was visited by many of the local people, including some of the areas Vietnam Veterans. As time came for the Wall to move on, some of the Vietnam Vets that had stood vigil for the five days the Wall was in town decided it was time for Pensacola to have a permanent monument honoring the men and women that served and died in Vietnam. This was the start of the Dream. For five years the Vietnam Veterans of Northwest Florida (VVNF) held garage sales, 5 and 10 K runs, baseball/softball tourneys; car washes and hundreds of other fund raisers in hopes of making the Dream come true. With the help and support of family, friends and active duty service members, this Dream came true in 1992.

11Aragon St & 9th Ave.

12St. Michael’s Cemetery

6 N. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501 (850) 436-4643

St. Michael's Cemetery was developed on the distant outskirts of the Spanish colonial city of Pensacola. Formally surveyed by the Spanish in 1807, St. Michael's Cemetery may have been used as a burial ground as early as the mid-1700s. Preliminary investigations suggest that along with the 3,200 marked burials, a large number of unmarked burials are also present on the site

13E Government & S. Florida Blanca St

14Plaza Ferdinand

East Government St and, S Palafox St Pensacola, FL 32502 (850) 436-5670

Plaza Ferdinand, a park with a very rich and colorful history, is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Named for King Ferdinand VII of Spain (reign 1813-1833), the land that is now the Plaza was originally given by the Spanish throne to Don Manuel Gonzalez for his services as a farmer, rancher, businessman, military advisor, and political representative of Spain. Gonzalez would later donate the land to the City of Pensacola. In its early days, the Plaza was used as a parade ground for the British fort. The Plaza was also the center of town life during the Colonial era. The cession of Florida to the United States from Spain occurred at the Plaza on July 17, 1821. It was here that Andrew Jackson was sworn in as first Territorial Governor in the Plaza. A bust of Jackson now stands at the spot where he was inaugurated. An obelisk monument stands at the center of the Plaza in memory of William D. Chipley, who was instrumental in bringing the L & N Railroad to Pensacola and points west. A fountain thought to be a replica of one in Seville, Spain was placed on the site in 1909 after local citizens and school children raised funds to pay for it.