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New page: In 1906, the Pensacola City Council changed the name of numerous City streets. The was effected via an ordinance entitled: :''An Ordinance to Change the Names of Certain Streets an...
In [[1906]], the [[Pensacola City Council]] changed the name of numerous City streets. The was effected via an ordinance entitled:
:''An Ordinance to Change the Names of Certain Streets and Public Ways in the City of Pensacola.''
The ordinance was approved on [[May 10]], [[1906]]. As a result of the ordinance, the names of many streets were changed to their present-day names. Additionally, the change addressed a situation in which multiple streets shared the same names.
The name changes included:
{| class="wikitable"
!Previous street name
!New street name
|-
|Pettersen Street
|[[Cypress Street]]
|-
|McClellan Street
|[[Pine Street]]
|-
|Alston Street
|Magnolia Street<br/><small>(present-day [[Gimble Street]])</small>
|-
|DeSoto Street
|[[Heinberg Street]]
|-
|Spring Street
|[[Aragon Street]]
|-
|Havana Street, Alston Street, 13th Street
|West [[Gregory Street]]
|-
|Simpson Street
|West [[Wright Street]]
|-
|Forbes Street, First Street
|[[Belmont Street]]
|-
|Howell Street, Second Street
|[[la Rua Street]]
|-
|Griswall Street, Third Street
|[[Jackson Street]]
|-
|Campbell Street, Fourth Street
|[[Gadsden Street]]
|-
|Babcock Street, Fifth Street
|[[Cervantes Street]]
|-
|Kennedy Street, Sixth Street
|[[Strong Street]]
|-
|Duval Street, Seventh Street
|[[De Soto Street]]
|-
|Wagner Street, Eighth Street
|[[Gonzalez Street]]
|-
|Rodney Street, Ninth Street
|[[Brainerd Street]]
|-
|Washington Street, Tenth Street
|[[Lloyd Street]]
|-
|Jefferson Street, Eleventh Street
|[[Lee Street]]
|-
|Adams Street, Twelfth Street
|[[Blount Street]]
|-
|Madison Street, 13th Street
|[[Moreno Street]]
|-
|Calhoun Street, 14th Street
|[[Mallory Street]]
|-
|15th Street
|[[Avery Street]]
|-
|Lakeview Avenue, 16th Street
|Sierra Street<br/><small>(present-day [[Lakeview Avenue]])</small>
|-
|17th Street
|[[Hernandez Street]]
|-
|18th Street
|[[Jordan Street]]
|-
|Palmetto Street, 19th Street
|[[Maxwell Street]]
|-
|20th Street
|[[Bobe Street]]
|-
|21st Street
|Job Street<br/><small>(present-day [[Yonge Street]])</small>
|-
|23rd Street
|[[Hatton Street]]
|-
|24th Street
|[[Cross Street]]
|-
|25th Street
|[[Fisher Street]]
|-
|26th Street
|Yonge Street<br/><small>(present-day [[Leonard Street]])</small>
|-
|27th Street
|[[Baars Street]]
|-
|28th Street
|[[Hayes Street]]
|-
|29th Street
|[[Anderson Street]]
|-
|30th Street
|[[Maura Street]]
|-
|6th Avenue
|Cordova Street<br/><small>(present-day [[6th Avenue]])</small>
|-
|7th Avenue
|San Carlos Street<br/><small>(present-day [[7th Avenue]])</small>
|-
|Cevallos Street, 8th Avenue
|[[Cevallos Street]]
|-
|Jorda Street
|[[B Street]]
|-
|Palma Street
|[[C Street]]
|-
|Maxent Street
|[[E Street]]
|-
|Sheffield Street
|[[F Street]]
|-
|Anniston Street
|[[I Street]]
|-
|Birmingham Street
|[[M Street]]
|}
==Petterson Addition==
The ordinance also changed the names of several streets in the [[Petterson Addition]] and portions of the [[West King Tract]]. However, only a few of these names have carried through to the present day: [[Cahn .
The name changes included:
{| class="wikitable"
!Previous street name
!Street name after ordinance
!Present-day street name
|-
|First Avenue, O Street
|Petterson Street
|[[Pace Boulevard]]
|-
|Second Avenue, P Street
|Muldon Street
|[[P Street]]
|-
|Third Avenue, Q Street
|Brent Street
|[[Q Street]]
|-
|Fourth Avenue, R Street
|Hyer Street
|[[R Street]]
|-
|Fifth Avenue, S Street
|Green Street
|[[S Street]]
|-
|Sixth Avenue, T Street
|Pfieffer Street
|[[T Street]]
|-
|Seventh Avenue
|Simpson Street
|[[U Street]]
|-
|Eighth Avenue
|Keyser Street
|[[V Street]]
|-
|Ninth Avenue
|Knowles Street
|[[W Street]]
|-
|Tenth Avenue
|Davison Street
|[[Davison Street]]<br/>[[X Street]] (north of [[Jackson Street|Jackson]])
|-
|Eleventh Avenue
|Clinton Street
|[[Y Street]]
|-
|Twelfth Avenue
|Hancock Street
|[[Myrick Street]]<br/>[[Z Street]] (north of [[La Rua Street|la Rua]])
|-
|13th Avenue
|Cahn Street
|[[Cahn Street]]
|-
|14th Avenue
|Stillman Street
|[[Stillman Street]]
|-
|15th Avenue
|Water Street
|[[Water Street]]
|}
:''An Ordinance to Change the Names of Certain Streets and Public Ways in the City of Pensacola.''
The ordinance was approved on [[May 10]], [[1906]]. As a result of the ordinance, the names of many streets were changed to their present-day names. Additionally, the change addressed a situation in which multiple streets shared the same names.
The name changes included:
{| class="wikitable"
!Previous street name
!New street name
|-
|Pettersen Street
|[[Cypress Street]]
|-
|McClellan Street
|[[Pine Street]]
|-
|Alston Street
|Magnolia Street<br/><small>(present-day [[Gimble Street]])</small>
|-
|DeSoto Street
|[[Heinberg Street]]
|-
|Spring Street
|[[Aragon Street]]
|-
|Havana Street, Alston Street, 13th Street
|West [[Gregory Street]]
|-
|Simpson Street
|West [[Wright Street]]
|-
|Forbes Street, First Street
|[[Belmont Street]]
|-
|Howell Street, Second Street
|[[la Rua Street]]
|-
|Griswall Street, Third Street
|[[Jackson Street]]
|-
|Campbell Street, Fourth Street
|[[Gadsden Street]]
|-
|Babcock Street, Fifth Street
|[[Cervantes Street]]
|-
|Kennedy Street, Sixth Street
|[[Strong Street]]
|-
|Duval Street, Seventh Street
|[[De Soto Street]]
|-
|Wagner Street, Eighth Street
|[[Gonzalez Street]]
|-
|Rodney Street, Ninth Street
|[[Brainerd Street]]
|-
|Washington Street, Tenth Street
|[[Lloyd Street]]
|-
|Jefferson Street, Eleventh Street
|[[Lee Street]]
|-
|Adams Street, Twelfth Street
|[[Blount Street]]
|-
|Madison Street, 13th Street
|[[Moreno Street]]
|-
|Calhoun Street, 14th Street
|[[Mallory Street]]
|-
|15th Street
|[[Avery Street]]
|-
|Lakeview Avenue, 16th Street
|Sierra Street<br/><small>(present-day [[Lakeview Avenue]])</small>
|-
|17th Street
|[[Hernandez Street]]
|-
|18th Street
|[[Jordan Street]]
|-
|Palmetto Street, 19th Street
|[[Maxwell Street]]
|-
|20th Street
|[[Bobe Street]]
|-
|21st Street
|Job Street<br/><small>(present-day [[Yonge Street]])</small>
|-
|23rd Street
|[[Hatton Street]]
|-
|24th Street
|[[Cross Street]]
|-
|25th Street
|[[Fisher Street]]
|-
|26th Street
|Yonge Street<br/><small>(present-day [[Leonard Street]])</small>
|-
|27th Street
|[[Baars Street]]
|-
|28th Street
|[[Hayes Street]]
|-
|29th Street
|[[Anderson Street]]
|-
|30th Street
|[[Maura Street]]
|-
|6th Avenue
|Cordova Street<br/><small>(present-day [[6th Avenue]])</small>
|-
|7th Avenue
|San Carlos Street<br/><small>(present-day [[7th Avenue]])</small>
|-
|Cevallos Street, 8th Avenue
|[[Cevallos Street]]
|-
|Jorda Street
|[[B Street]]
|-
|Palma Street
|[[C Street]]
|-
|Maxent Street
|[[E Street]]
|-
|Sheffield Street
|[[F Street]]
|-
|Anniston Street
|[[I Street]]
|-
|Birmingham Street
|[[M Street]]
|}
==Petterson Addition==
The ordinance also changed the names of several streets in the [[Petterson Addition]] and portions of the [[West King Tract]]. However, only a few of these names have carried through to the present day: [[Cahn .
The name changes included:
{| class="wikitable"
!Previous street name
!Street name after ordinance
!Present-day street name
|-
|First Avenue, O Street
|Petterson Street
|[[Pace Boulevard]]
|-
|Second Avenue, P Street
|Muldon Street
|[[P Street]]
|-
|Third Avenue, Q Street
|Brent Street
|[[Q Street]]
|-
|Fourth Avenue, R Street
|Hyer Street
|[[R Street]]
|-
|Fifth Avenue, S Street
|Green Street
|[[S Street]]
|-
|Sixth Avenue, T Street
|Pfieffer Street
|[[T Street]]
|-
|Seventh Avenue
|Simpson Street
|[[U Street]]
|-
|Eighth Avenue
|Keyser Street
|[[V Street]]
|-
|Ninth Avenue
|Knowles Street
|[[W Street]]
|-
|Tenth Avenue
|Davison Street
|[[Davison Street]]<br/>[[X Street]] (north of [[Jackson Street|Jackson]])
|-
|Eleventh Avenue
|Clinton Street
|[[Y Street]]
|-
|Twelfth Avenue
|Hancock Street
|[[Myrick Street]]<br/>[[Z Street]] (north of [[La Rua Street|la Rua]])
|-
|13th Avenue
|Cahn Street
|[[Cahn Street]]
|-
|14th Avenue
|Stillman Street
|[[Stillman Street]]
|-
|15th Avenue
|Water Street
|[[Water Street]]
|}
