Street name changes, 1906
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In 1906, the Pensacola City Council changed the name of numerous City streets. The was effected via an ordinance entitled:
- An Ordinance to Change the Names of Certain Streets and Public Ways in the City of Pensacola.
The ordinance was approved on May 10, 1906. As a result of the ordinance, the names of many streets were changed to their present-day names. Additionally, the change addressed a situation in which multiple streets shared the same names.
The name changes included:
Previous street name | New street name |
---|---|
Pettersen Street | Cypress Street |
McClellan Street | Pine Street |
Alston Street | Magnolia Street (present-day Gimble Street) |
DeSoto Street | Heinberg Street |
Spring Street | Aragon Street |
Havana Street, Alston Street, 13th Street | West Gregory Street |
Simpson Street | West Wright Street |
Forbes Street, First Street | Belmont Street |
Howell Street, Second Street | la Rua Street |
Griswall Street, Third Street | Jackson Street |
Campbell Street, Fourth Street | Gadsden Street |
Babcock Street, Fifth Street | Cervantes Street |
Kennedy Street, Sixth Street | Strong Street |
Duval Street, Seventh Street | De Soto Street |
Wagner Street, Eighth Street | Gonzalez Street |
Rodney Street, Ninth Street | Brainerd Street |
Washington Street, Tenth Street | Lloyd Street |
Jefferson Street, Eleventh Street | Lee Street |
Adams Street, Twelfth Street | Blount Street |
Madison Street, 13th Street | Moreno Street |
Calhoun Street, 14th Street | Mallory Street |
15th Street | Avery Street |
Lakeview Avenue, 16th Street | Sierra Street (present-day Lakeview Avenue) |
17th Street | Hernandez Street |
18th Street | Jordan Street |
Palmetto Street, 19th Street | Maxwell Street |
20th Street | Bobe Street |
21st Street | Job Street (present-day Yonge Street) |
23rd Street | Hatton Street |
24th Street | Cross Street |
25th Street | Fisher Street |
26th Street | Yonge Street (present-day Leonard Street) |
27th Street | Baars Street |
28th Street | Hayes Street |
29th Street | Anderson Street |
30th Street | Maura Street |
6th Avenue | Cordova Street (present-day 6th Avenue) |
7th Avenue | San Carlos Street (present-day 7th Avenue) |
Cevallos Street, 8th Avenue | Cevallos Street |
Jorda Street | B Street |
Palma Street | C Street |
Maxent Street | E Street |
Sheffield Street | F Street |
Anniston Street | I Street |
Birmingham Street | M Street |
Petterson Addition
The ordinance also changed the names of several streets in the Petterson Addition and portions of the West King Tract. However, only a few of these names have carried through to the present day: [[Cahn .
The name changes included:
Previous street name | Street name after ordinance | Present-day street name |
---|---|---|
First Avenue, O Street | Petterson Street | Pace Boulevard |
Second Avenue, P Street | Muldon Street | P Street |
Third Avenue, Q Street | Brent Street | Q Street |
Fourth Avenue, R Street | Hyer Street | R Street |
Fifth Avenue, S Street | Green Street | S Street |
Sixth Avenue, T Street | Pfieffer Street | T Street |
Seventh Avenue | Simpson Street | U Street |
Eighth Avenue | Keyser Street | V Street |
Ninth Avenue | Knowles Street | W Street |
Tenth Avenue | Davison Street | Davison Street X Street (north of Jackson) |
Eleventh Avenue | Clinton Street | Y Street |
Twelfth Avenue | Hancock Street | Myrick Street Z Street (north of la Rua) |
13th Avenue | Cahn Street | Cahn Street |
14th Avenue | Stillman Street | Stillman Street |
15th Avenue | Water Street | Water Street |