Government Street
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Government Street | |
Former names: | Pitt Street Butt Street Calle de Gobierno |
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west end: | Pace Boulevard |
Major junctions: |
Spring Street Baylen Street Palafox Street |
east end: | Cevallos Street |
Government Street is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola.
The street is present on the 1812 Pintado plan, where it is labelled Calle de Gobierno.
Government Street runs from its western terminus at South Pace Boulevard uninterrupted to its eastern terminus just east of Cevallos Street in a residential block.
British Pensacola[edit]
In British Pensacola, what is now Government Street was called Pitt Street west of George Street (Palafox) and Butt Street to the west.[1]
Notable places[edit]
- Plaza Ferdinand VII is located south of Government between Palafox and Jefferson Streets.
Next street north is Intendencia | |
Next street south is Zaragoza |
References[edit]
- ↑ Robinson, Benjamin. An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida. p. 17, 1882.