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The Seville Square Historic District is the area where the town of Pensacola where a permanent settlement was successfully established after earlier failed attempts. The area was bounded on the south by a beautiful deep water bay, two streams east and west, and a swamp north in the area of what is now Garden Street. Seville Square was built as a parade ground for the Fort of Pensacola but became the center hub of the surrounding neighborhood. The neighborhood was saved as an historic district by the Pensacola Heritage Foundation led by Mary Turner Rule Reed. The movement to preserve and restore this and other historic areas of Pensacola began in 1963 and continues today.