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|direction_a=north
|former_names=Gloucester Street<br/>8th Avenue
|starting_terminus=[[Romana Street]]
|junction=
|direction_b=south
|ending_terminus=[[Zaragoza Street]]
|namesake=[[Wikipedia:Pedro Cevallos|Pedro Cevallos]]
|map=
|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.411392" lon="-87.206082" type="map" zoom="16" width="288" height="250">#758bc530.409912, -87.205930.410227, -87.20586830.412808, -87.206447</googlemap>
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'''Cevallos Street''' is a north-south street in downtown Pensacola.
Cevallos Street currently runs for just three blocks, from its southern terminus at East [[Zaragoza Street]] north to East [[Romana Street]]. It is part of a primarily residential block.
HistoricallyIn [[1906]], the City of Pensacola designated all of then-Cevallos Street and [[8th Avenue]] as "Cevallos Street continued north past ."<ref>May 10, 1906 ordinance, City of Pensacola.</ref> In [[1963]], the span was renamed "8th Avenue."<ref>Ordinance #56-63, City of Pensacola.</ref> In [[1983]], at the request of the [[Historic Pensacola Preservation Board]], the City renamed the portion between [[Romana Street|Romana ]] and terminated at East [[Wright Zaragoza Street]]s to the original "Cevallos Street, where it continued " while the "8th Avenue" name is retained north as of [[Eighth AvenueWright Street]].<ref>Ordinance #77-83, City of Pensacola.</ref>
The street is named for [[Wikipedia:Pedro Cevallos|Pedro Cevallos]], Secretary of State under Spanish Kings [[Wikipedia:Charles IV of Spain|Charles IV]] and [[Wikipedia:Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]].
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