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[[Chase Street]] is an east-west road in [[downtown Pensacola]]. Its westernmost terminus is at [[S Street]], but is interrupted for two blocks between [[I Street|I]] and [[G Street]]s. It becomes one-way (east) at [[Devilliers Street]]. At [[Tarragona Street]] it briefly joins an [[I-110]] overpass, then takes [[US 98]] from [[Ninth Avenue]] to its eastern terminus at [[Bayfront Parkway]].
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[[Chase Street]] is an east-west street in [[downtown Pensacola]]. Its westernmost terminus is at [[S Street]], but is interrupted for one block between [[P Street]] and [[Pace Boulevard]] and for two blocks between [[I Street|I]] and [[G Street]]s. Chase Street becomes one-way (east) at [[Devilliers Street]]. At [[Tarragona Street]] it briefly joins an [[I-110]] overpass, then takes [[US 98]] from [[Ninth Avenue]] to its eastern terminus at [[Bayfront Parkway]].
  
 
[[Image:ChaseStreet.jpg|thumb|left|A sign at acknowledging Chase Street's historical namesake]]
 
[[Image:ChaseStreet.jpg|thumb|left|A sign at acknowledging Chase Street's historical namesake]]
 
Chase Street is named for Colonel [[William H. Chase]], the construction engineer for Forts [[Fort McRee|McRee]], [[Fort Barrancas|Barrancas]], [[Fort Redoubt|Redoubt]] and [[Fort Pickens|Pickens]] between 1828-1854, who captured the [[Navy Yard]] (ironically, some of the same fortresses he had engineered) for [[Confederate period|Confederate forces]] in January, 1861.
 
Chase Street is named for Colonel [[William H. Chase]], the construction engineer for Forts [[Fort McRee|McRee]], [[Fort Barrancas|Barrancas]], [[Fort Redoubt|Redoubt]] and [[Fort Pickens|Pickens]] between 1828-1854, who captured the [[Navy Yard]] (ironically, some of the same fortresses he had engineered) for [[Confederate period|Confederate forces]] in January, 1861.
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==Selected Landmarks==
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*[[Rhodes Building]] (headquarters of [[Gulf Coast Community Bank]] and [[Ballinger Publishing]], among other tenants)
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*[[St. Michael's Cemetery]]
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*[[Pensacola Civic Center]]
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*[[UWF Small Business Development Center]]
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*The [[Jane C. Noonan Center]] at [[First Presbyterian Church]] (home of the [[Pensacola Children's Chorus]])
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*[[Residence Inn Marriott]] hotel
  
 
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[[Category: Roads]] [[Category:East-west streets]]

Latest revision as of 01:08, 16 June 2019

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Chase Street
west end: S Street
Major
junctions:
Palafox Street
Tarragona Street
Ninth Avenue
Bayfront Parkway
east end: Bayfront Parkway
Namesake: William H. Chase

Chase Street is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola. Its westernmost terminus is at S Street, but is interrupted for one block between P Street and Pace Boulevard and for two blocks between I and G Streets. Chase Street becomes one-way (east) at Devilliers Street. At Tarragona Street it briefly joins an I-110 overpass, then takes US 98 from Ninth Avenue to its eastern terminus at Bayfront Parkway.

A sign at acknowledging Chase Street's historical namesake

Chase Street is named for Colonel William H. Chase, the construction engineer for Forts McRee, Barrancas, Redoubt and Pickens between 1828-1854, who captured the Navy Yard (ironically, some of the same fortresses he had engineered) for Confederate forces in January, 1861.

Selected Landmarks[edit]