Old Sacred Heart Hospital

Catholic Driving Tour

Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee

Founded in 1915, Sacred Heart Hospital was the joint effort of a group of local citizens and the Daughters of Charity.

The Daughters of Charity is a religious community of women founded by Elizabeth Bailey Seton ...

Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit Catholic Church began as a mission of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Warrington, Florida.

The first Mass at Holy Spirit Mission was celebrated in July 1955. A year later, a 12-acre tract was purchased on Gulf Beach ...

Pensacola Beach Cross

The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic Fraternal Organization of Men, sponsored the 10-foot, concrete cross which now stands on a dune of Pensacola Beach.

The cross commemorates the first Catholic Mass celebrated in the continental United States on August 15, ...

Little Flower Parish and School

Catholic Driving Tour

Diocese of Pensacola Tallahassee

Little Flower Parish and School, located in the Myrtle Grove area of West Pensacola, was founded in 1945 and 1946 respectively-- the latter by four Dominican Sisters from New York. Converted Old World War II ...

Pensacola Catholic High School

Pensacola Catholic High School, prior to 1958, was located on the corner of Garden and Baylen Streets.

In that year, the school moved to its current location on the corner of West Scott Street and W Street.

A decade later, Pensacola Catholic ...

Pensacola Catholic High School

Pensacola Catholic High School, prior to 1958, was located on the corner of Garden and Baylen Streets.

In that year, the school moved to its current location on the corner of West Scott Street and W Street.

A decade later, Pensacola Catholic ...

Capitol Hill

Since the earliest days of the American republic, citizens seeking justice and freedom gathered on Capitol Hill. The Supreme Court and the United States Capitol building are located within the Capitol Hill district, as well as several historic homes in ...

16th Street Baptist Church

In 1963, events at the 16th Street Baptist Church provided the world with a graphic illustration of racism in the American South. As leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)brought the fight for civil rights to Birmingham, the 16th ...

National Historic Landmark- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is associated with the Birmingham Alabama civil rights movement in 1963 in which two specific events led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Between May 2-8, 1963, participants of the nonviolent ...

National Historic Landmark- Propulsion and Structural Test Facility

Built in 1957 by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and transferred to NASA, this facility became the primary center responsible for the development of large vehicles and rocket propulsion systems.

During the 1960s, under the direction of Dr. Werner von Braun, ...