Fort Pickens - Florida

Fort Pickens is one of a number of fortifications that protected naval facilities located inside Pensacola Bay. The name is in honor of Revolutionary War hero General Andrew Pickens of South Carolina.

The Pensacola Navy Yard was begun in 1825, ...

Fort Barrancas

One of three forts designed to protect the United States Navy Yard, Fort Barrancas was completed in 1844 on a bluff overlooking Pensacola Bay. Defenses included two other major separate masonry fortifications.

To protect the fort from attack on the ...

Pensacola's First Lighthouse

The light from the new tower was first exhibited on December 20, 1824 by bachelor Jeremiah Ingraham. To produce a flashing signature, two groups of five lamps were fastened to opposite ends of a framework, which was rotated by a ...

Pensacola's First Lighthouse

The light from the new tower was first exhibited on December 20, 1824 by bachelor Jeremiah Ingraham. To produce a flashing signature, two groups of five lamps were fastened to opposite ends of a framework, which was rotated by a ...

34 Frank Place

34 Frank Place was constructed in 1928 in one of the most popular architectural styles of the inter-war period, Tudor revival. This is an excellent example of the style, exhibiting a steeply pitched roof, brick construction with a stucco half-timbered ...

Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida

In 1918, Sister Vincent, Sister Aloysius, and Sister Margaret Mary came to Pensacola to assist Father Hartkoff in ministering to black and Creole families. In 1928, the Bureau of Catholic Charities opened and over the coming decades, the agency expanded ...

Faneuil Hall

Faneuil Hall holds an important place in American history as a symbol of hope and a reminder of the nation's struggles for freedom. Wealthy merchant Peter Faneuil offered Faneuil Hall to the city of Boston in 1740. In order for ...

National Historic Landmark - Full Scale 30X60 Foot Tunnel

In operation since 1931, this is the first full-scale wind tunnel built by NACA. It greatly contributed to the design of an entire new generation of aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s.

Information provided by the National Register of Historic Places, ...

National Historic Landmark - Franklin & Armfield Office

Between 1828 and 1836, Isaac Franklin, in partnership with John Armfield, created the largest-scale slave trading operation in the antebellum South. They established their headquarters in Alexandria (then a part of the District of Columbia), adjacent to an area with ...

National Historic Landmark - Fort Myer Historic District

Dating from the turn of the century, Fort Myer was the site of the earliest experiments in military aviation conducted by the Wright Brothers in 1908. Since 1909 Quarters 1 (1899) on "Generals Row" has been the home of the ...