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'''C. H. Turner''' was a Pensacola building magnate and proprietor of the [[C. H. Turner Construction Company]], after inheriting the business from his father, [[Richard Hill Turner]].  His firm built the following:
| subject_name  =Charles Hill Turner
 
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| date_of_birth  =[[December 1]], [[1868]]
 
| place_of_birth =Pensacola
 
| date_of_death  =
 
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| occupation    =Contractor and builder
 
| religion      =
 
| spouse        =[[Louise Hyer Turner|Louise Hyer]]
 
| parents        =[[Richard Hill Turner, Sr.|Richard Hill, Sr.]] and [[Mary H. Gingles Turner]]
 
| children      =William Richard<br/>Gladys Louise
 
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'''Charles Hill Turner''' was a Pensacola building contractor and proprietor of the [[C. H. Turner Construction Company]], after inheriting the business from his father, [[Richard Hill Turner]].
 
 
 
==Life==
 
Charles Hill Turner was born at Pensacola on [[December 1]], [[1868]].  His father, a native of Georgia, had settled in Pensacola in [[1858]].  Charles was educated in the public schools of Pensacola and later attended Southern Presbyterian University in Tennessee, but left before graduation and joined his father's business, which he then took over in [[1892]].
 
 
 
He was married on [[December 10]], [[1896]] to [[Louise Hyer Turner|Louise Hyer]].  They had three children, two of whom survived infancy.
 
 
 
His firm built the following:
 
*[[Blount Building]]
 
 
*[[Isis Theatre]]
 
*[[Isis Theatre]]
 
*[[First National Bank Building]]
 
*[[First National Bank Building]]
*The [[Masonic Lodge]] at [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Garden Street]]s
 
*[[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum|Old City Hall]]
 
 
*[[Saenger Theatre]]
 
*[[Saenger Theatre]]
 
*[[San Carlos Hotel]]
 
*[[San Carlos Hotel]]
 
*Original bridge spanning [[Bayou Texar]] via [[Gadsden Street]]
 
*Original bridge spanning [[Bayou Texar]] via [[Gadsden Street]]
 
==Other images==
 
<gallery>
 
Image:CHTurnerAd.gif|Newspaper ad
 
</gallery>
 
  
 
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