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'''Government Street''' is an east-west street in [[downtown Pensacola]].
 
'''Government Street''' is an east-west street in [[downtown Pensacola]].
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The street is present on the [[1812]] [[Pintado plan]], where it is labelled '''Calle de Gobierno'''.
  
 
Government Street runs from its western terminus at South [[Pace Boulevard]] uninterrupted to its eastern terminus just east of [[Cevallos Street]] in a residential block.
 
Government Street runs from its western terminus at South [[Pace Boulevard]] uninterrupted to its eastern terminus just east of [[Cevallos Street]] in a residential block.
  
[[Palafox Street]] is the demarcator between East and West Government Streets.
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==British Pensacola==
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In [[British Pensacola]], what is now Government Street was called '''Pitt Street''' west of George Street ([[Palafox Street|Palafox]]) and '''Butt Street''' to the west.<ref>Robinson, Benjamin. [http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?m=hd17J&i=75836 ''An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida'']. p. 17, 1882.</ref>
  
 
==Notable places==
 
==Notable places==
 
*[[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] is located south of Government between [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Jefferson Street]]s.
 
*[[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] is located south of Government between [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Jefferson Street]]s.
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[[Category:Roads]] [[Category:East-west streets]]

Latest revision as of 00:33, 16 June 2019

Government Street
Former names: Pitt Street
Butt Street
Calle de Gobierno
west end: Pace Boulevard
Major
junctions:
Spring Street
Baylen Street
Palafox Street
east end: Cevallos Street

Government Street is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola.

The street is present on the 1812 Pintado plan, where it is labelled Calle de Gobierno.

Government Street runs from its western terminus at South Pace Boulevard uninterrupted to its eastern terminus just east of Cevallos Street in a residential block.

British Pensacola[edit]

In British Pensacola, what is now Government Street was called Pitt Street west of George Street (Palafox) and Butt Street to the west.[1]

Notable places[edit]

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Next street north is Intendencia
Next street south is Zaragoza

References[edit]

  1. Robinson, Benjamin. An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida. p. 17, 1882.