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[[Image:Abbotts.jpg|thumb|right|Abbott's at Palafox and Intendencia]] | [[Image:Abbotts.jpg|thumb|right|Abbott's at Palafox and Intendencia]] | ||
| − | '''Abbott's Military Tailors, Inc.''' is a military clothing store owned by [[Bill Warren]] that supplied uniforms to [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]] officers for seventy years, from [[1947]] to [[2007]]. From [[1977]] to [[ | + | '''Abbott's Military Tailors, Inc.''' is a military clothing store owned by [[Bill Warren]] that supplied uniforms to [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]] officers for seventy years, from [[1947]] to [[2007]]. From [[1977]] to [[2007]] it was located at the southeast corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Intendencia Street]]s — formerly the site of the [[Jackson residence]] until it was destroyed by an [[1839]] fire. |
| − | Following a [[2005]] [[Wikipedia:Base Realignment and Closure, 2005|Base Realignment and Closure]] decision to merge the [[Officer Candidate School]] (OCS) at [[NAS Pensacola]] with another OCS at Newport, Rhode Island, Abbott's announced it would | + | Following a [[2005]] [[Wikipedia:Base Realignment and Closure, 2005|Base Realignment and Closure]] decision to merge the [[Officer Candidate School]] (OCS) at [[NAS Pensacola]] with another OCS at Newport, Rhode Island, Abbott's announced it would move as well. |
| − | According to Warren, "The OCS students are about 30 percent of our business."<ref>"One last salute for military tailor." ''Pensacola News Journal'', September 14, 2007.</ref> The [[Palafox Street]] store will close following the [[September 21]], [[2007]] graduation of the final Pensacola OCS class | + | According to Warren, "The OCS students are about 30 percent of our business."<ref>"One last salute for military tailor." ''Pensacola News Journal'', September 14, 2007.</ref> The [[Palafox Street]] store will close following the [[September 21]], [[2007]] graduation of the final Pensacola OCS class. |
An administrative office and warehouse facility will remain in Pensacola. | An administrative office and warehouse facility will remain in Pensacola. | ||
