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The LaValle House is located in the Pensacola Historic Village. The facade faces Church Street. It is separated from the Julee Cottage by a small green space.
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The rear of the cottage faces south.
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From this side view, the kitchen garden can be seen. It is planted and maintained by Escambia County Master Gardeners. A variety of greens and lettuce are the winter crop.
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In the summer, the kitchen garden has an abundant crop of tomatoes, eggplant, green peppers and squash.
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The Escambia County Master Gardeners maintain a 19th century kitchen garden anlongside of the house.
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In this view three houses in the village complex can be seen. The Julee Cottage is directly behind the LaValle House. The Tivoli House is the last building on the right of the photograph.
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The front porch faces Church Street.
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The LaValle house museum is a rare example of French Creole colonial architecture. LaValle House was built during Florida’s second Spanish period by Carlos LaValle and Marianna Bonifay. The house is furnished with authentic 18th and 19th century artifacts recreating the frontier lifestyle of Pensacolians.
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Lowell Basset poses as an 1812 US Infantryman. Gale Messerschmidt is dressed as an 1800's colonial lady in the 11th annual open house in the Historic Village.
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Two boys play chess as living history re-enactors during the summer open house at Historic Pensacola Village.
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The kitchen garden between the LaValle House and the Julee Cottage has a variety of herbs and aromatic plants intersperced with flowering annuals.