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Old Sacred Heart Building/The Tower East
| From: | Runelord | (Thu Apr 7 06:14:51 2005) |
| And also very haunted | ||
| Description | : | The city's first modern hospital, Pensacola Hospital, was located on 12th Avenue. It was built by the Daughters of Charity for $400,000.00 and opened in September of 1915 as the first Catholic hospital in Florida. The old hospital building is an example of the late 19th century revival of the Romanesque architecture in the Gothic Revival style. The building was designed by A.O. Vob Herbulis. The style was used for schools, post offices and commercial and federal buildings across the country. The structure is both a medical and architectural landmark. With this facility, Pensacola had the first surgical, radiological, bacterial, and theraputical facilities in Florida.
The whole building is now The Tower East, privately owned, however the owner does lease out its ground level, Main level, and Third level to other businesses and groups. The fourth floor is used as the owners private offices, and the fifth floor as well as the roof area are off limits as major restoration is still being performed. This is by far one of the grandest - and spookiest - of the Pensacola historical buildings. |
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