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'''Garden Street''' is a major east-west thoroughfare in downtown Pensacola. It serves as the original dividing line for all the city's north-south streets.

Garden Street's western terminus is at [[Pace Boulevard]] in West Pensacola; west of that intersection the roadway continues as [[Navy Boulevard]]. Garden Street travels east from Pace Boulevard into the heart of downtown Pensacola and terminates at [[Alcaniz Street]] near [[St. Michael's Cemetery]]. For the entirety of its length Garden Street carries [[US Highway 98|US 98 Business]]. Garden Street is four-laned for its entirety, however, between [[A Street]] and [[Alcaniz Street]] its east and west spans are separated by a median. Historically, there was an incontiguous span of Garden that ran from [[Cevallos Street|Cevallos]] to [[12th Avenue]] at the bay.<ref>As of [[1907]] [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/digital/collections/sanborn/ Sanborn Fire Map]</ref> ==Name==Under the [[British Pensacola|British]] city plan drawn up in around [[17631764]] by [[Elias Durnford]], each individual building lot in the city was issued a companion piece of ground along what was then the northern border of the town. These The thoroughfare which developed along this row of garden lots was fittingly called Garden Street:{{cquote|The lots south of Garden street had an area of 80 feet front and 170 in depth. North of that street they were cleared192 feet square, known as arpent or Garden lots, and numbered to correspond with those lying south of Garden street, which were, strictly speaking, town lots. In order to furnish each family tried with a garden spot, each grantee of a town lot was entitled, upon the condition of improvement, to grow receive a portion conveyance of an arpent lot of its food supplythe same number as his town lot.|20px|20px|Campbell, Richard L. [http://ia311206.us.archive.org/1/items/historicalsketch00camprich/historicalsketch00camprich. A thoroughfare developed along this long row pdf "Historical Sketches of gardens and was fittingly called Garden StreetColonial Florida"]. The Williams Publishing Co., Cleveland: 1892.}}

Garden Street's western terminus is at A [[Pace Boulevard1950]] in West Pensacola; west ordinance designated the portion of that intersection the roadway continues as [[Navy Boulevard]]. Garden Street travels east from Pace Boulevard into the heart west of downtown Pensacola and terminates at [[Alcaniz StreetBarrancas Avenue]] near as [[St. Michael's CemeteryNavy Boulevard]]. For the entirety ; this was later amended to cover only west of its length Garden Street carries [[US Highway 98|US 98 BusinessPace Boulevard]]. Garden Street is four<ref>Ordinance #24-laned for its entirety50, however, between [[A Street]] and [[Alcaniz Street]] its east and west spans are separated by a median.City of Pensacola</ref>

Historically==Images==<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px" perrow="2">Image:GardenStreetWest1908.jpg|Looking west at Palafox, c. 1908Image:GardenStreetFountain1912.jpg|A horse-watering fountain, given by Dr. Blocker, there was an incontiguous span of Garden that ran from [[Cevallos Street|Cevallos]] later moved to [[12th Avenue]] at the bay<ref>As of [[1907downtown post office]] Sanborn Fire Map [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/digital/collections/sanborn/]</refgallery>.

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{{road-stub}}[[Category:Major thoroughfares]] [[Category:East-west streets]]