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Through the efforts of the [[1967]] West Florida delegation, including State Representative [[Jim Reeves]] and State Senator [[Reubin Askew]], the Historic Pensacola Preservation Board was established by the legislature and signed into law by Governor [[Wikipedia:Claude R. Kirk, Jr.|Claude R. Kirk]] on [[July 5]], [[1967]].<ref>J. Earle Bowden. "Forty years later, history still at home in Pensacola." ''Pensacola News Journal'', November 10, 2007.</ref> It was incorporated as '''Historic Pensacola, Inc.''' on [[May 29]], [[1968]].<ref name="sunbiz">[http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/cordet.exe?action=DETFIL&inq_doc_number=714684&inq_came_from=NAMFWD&cor_web_names_seq_number=0001&names_name_ind=N&names_cor_number=&names_name_seq=&names_name_ind=&names_comp_name=WESTFLORIDAHISTORICPRESERVATIO&names_filing_type= SunBiz.org record]</ref> Charter members included [[Pat Dodson]] (a Republican political ally to Governor Kirk), [[J. Earle Bowden]] and [[T. T. Wentworth]].
The first executive director was St. Augustine's [[Earl Earle W. Newton]]. Newton orchestrated the acquisition of historic properties through open-space federal grants. Over time the group worked with the [[City of Pensacola]] to establish the [[Architectural Review Board]] and several historic districts.<ref name="baton">"Preservation baton is passed to UWF." ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 19, 2001.</ref>
The organization lost its [[Wikipedia:American Association of Museums|American Association of Museums]] accreditation in the 1980s after taking control of the massive [[T. T. Wentworth]] collection, due to the AAM's requirement that at least 80% of all collections be catalogued.<ref name="brosnaham">"Brosnaham assumes helm as Historic Preservation director." ''Pensacola News Journal'', April 28, 2006.</ref>
