Texas School Book Depository

November 22, 1963. 12:30 pm. 8 seconds change the history of America. Bullets originating from The Texas Book Depository strike President John F. Kennedy fatally wounding him. Originally built in 1901, the building on the corner of Elm and Houston ...

The Battle of Pensacola (1781)

In June of 1779 the Spanish declared war on England. In an attempt to remove England from the New World they decided to remove England's control of it's colony in west Florida. The Spanish governor of Louisiana, Bernardo de Galvez, ...

Bldg. 73, UWF Aquatic Center

Occupied in 1976, the swimming pool was a major addition to the physical education, health, and recreation facilities. The architectural and engineering firm of Henningson, Durham, and Richardson were chosen for the project. The outdoor pool boasted state of the ...

Bldg. 54 UWF Field House

Known as the Field House when occupied in 1970, this building would house not only the faculty of health, leisure, and sports, but also the student affairs segment of recreation. Some spaces also served large gatherings for university functions such ...

Bldg. 21 UWF Student Support Services

Buldg. 21 is located at the center of activities on the UWF campus. The architect for this structure was William F. Parks, the designer of the Natatorium/Aquatic Center.

The building is "L" shaped with the main entrance at the juncture of ...

Bldg. 70, UWF Vocational-Technical

The building program for the vocational-technical facility, occupied in 1976, called for a modest building. The architects, Ricks/Kendrick/Stokes/David, from Fort Walton Beach, Florida answered the charge with a very workable, inexpensive solution, fitting the building into the hillside, just north ...

Bldg. 63, UWF Student Health Center

The Student Health Center, occupied in 1975, is the only existing building of the second-phase residence halls project.

The dormitories, designed and constructed on a strict budget, used bricks crafted by prisoners. The bricks, only used in state projects, ...

Bldg. 79, UWF Information Technology Services

The architects' design-concept for this project was for two buildings--one housing the computer sciences faculty and one housing computer services--running parallel, one to the other, along the hillside site--with the requirement for deliver-dock accessibility from the university green. The two ...

Bldg. 22, UWF Commons

On any other campus, this building would have been called "the student union," but for the University of West Florida, since 1968, it has served as a gathering place for university faculty, administrators, staff, students, and campus visitors. The architect ...

Julee Cottage

This home is named in honor of Julee Panton, a free woman of color who lived and worked in Pensacola throughout the early nineteenth century. Julee Panton bought the building after being freed from her slave status and rented the ...