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view in google earthThe central business district of old Pensacola focused on Palafox Street. Here, ladies shopped and visited while men conducted business. The Empire Building is commonly known as Seville Tower.
Pensacola: Palafox Historic District: Empire Building
What's Nearby?
- Pensacola: Palafox Historic District: Escambia County Courthouse (43 feet)
- Pensacola: Palafox Historic District: Ferdinand Plaza (61 feet)
- Pensacola: Palafox Historic District: Jacksons Restaurant (392 feet)
- Pensacola: Historic Pensacola Village: T. T. Wentworth Jr. Museum (437 feet)
- Pensacola: Downtown: M. C. Blanchard Judicial Center (476 feet)
- Pensacola: Seville Historic District: Seville Quarter (505 feet)
- Pensacola: Palafox Historic District: Saenger Theatre (538 feet)
- Pensacola: Seville Historic District: Cultural Center (591 feet)
- Pensacola: Palafox Historic District: Penko Restaurant Supply (615 feet)
- Pensacola: Seville Historic District: Old City Jail (619 feet)
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This view of Palafox Street looks north. The Empire Building is on the right of the photograph.
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The south side of the Empire Building faces Plaza Ferdinand.
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The entrance to the building on Palafox Place is typical of the Chicago School Design with its creative ornamentation above the door on the spandrels (horizontal divisions between windows) and on the cornice.
