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| − | [[Image:OsceolaClub1.jpg|thumb|right|The first Osceola Club building]] | + | [[Image:OsceolaClub1.jpg|thumb|right|The first Osceola Club building]]The '''Osceola Club''' was a Pensacola social club in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Organized in August [[1872]],<ref>http://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/1885appendix.htm</ref> it was headquartered in at least two buildings during its existence. |
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| − | The '''Osceola Club''' was a Pensacola social club in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Organized | ||
| − | The first, located at 21 1/2 South [[Palafox Street]], was built in [[1883]]<ref>As per plaque depicted on illustration.</ref> and can be seen in the [[Wellge map]] of [[1885]]. It was a two-story structure with iron balconies and distinctive turrets. | + | The first, located at 21 1/2 South [[Palafox Street]], was built in [[1883]]<ref>As per plaque depicted on illustration.</ref> and can be seen in the [[Wellge map]] of [[1885]]. It was a two-story structure with iron balconies and distinctive turrets. This building was destroyed in (and believed to be the source of) the [[Halloween Night Fire]] of [[1905]].<ref>John Appleyard. ''The Brent Block.''</ref> |
| − | + | [[Image:OsceolaClub2.jpg|thumb|right|The second Osceola Club building]]The club continued its operations at a second building at the corner of [[Garden Street|Garden]] and [[Baylen Street]]s.<ref>http://www.stjohnshistoriccemetery.com/pensacolas_heritages/government.htm</ref> The new building was a three-story structure in the modernist style, similar to contemporary structures like the [[San Carlos Hotel]] and [[Pensacola YMCA]]. | |
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| − | The club continued its operations at a second building at the corner of [[Garden Street|Garden]] and [[Baylen Street]]s.<ref>http://www.stjohnshistoriccemetery.com/pensacolas_heritages/government.htm</ref> The new building was a three-story structure in the modernist style, similar to contemporary structures like the [[San Carlos Hotel]] and [[Pensacola YMCA]]. | ||
==Prominent members== | ==Prominent members== | ||
*[[E. A. Perry]] | *[[E. A. Perry]] | ||
*[[F. C. Brent]] | *[[F. C. Brent]] | ||
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*[[G. W. Wright]] | *[[G. W. Wright]] | ||
*[[A. M. Avery]] | *[[A. M. Avery]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Social clubs]] | [[Category:Social clubs]] | ||