East Hill: Tower East:

Old Sacred Heart Hospital

East Hill: Tower East: Old Sacred Heart Hospital

Pensacola Hospital, now known as the historic Sacred Heart Hospital, opened in September 1915 as the first Catholic hospital in Florida. The Daughters of Charity, a religious order dating back to 1633, invested over $400,000.00 into building and opening this facility. Evans Brothers Construction, of Birmingham, Alabama, took one year to build this late Gothic Revival building for the Daughters to provide the residents of Pensacola with better health care. [wikipedia article, click here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensacola_Hospital)

The old hospital building is now used as office space.
There are three restaurants and 14 small business offices located on the premises.
There is 86,000 square feet of space in the old hospital building.
Over 500 casement windows are located in the building.
The Soup Kitchen of Pensacola and Ozone Pizza and Pub are located on the first flood adjacent to the rear parking area.
Madisons Diner is located on the north side of the building. A variety of southern style soul food is served seven days a week.
The front door tracery is enhanced with beveled glass.
As in the central hall, the gothic arch form is repeated in doorways throughout the building.
The office is located at the end of the downstairs central hall.
Floors thoughout the building are terreza.
The swinging doors at the end of this hall were the entrance to an operating room.
The cafeteria is located on the first floor off the back entrance area.
Large spacious classroom are located on the first floor.
The staircase in the lower right hand corner leads to the cellar.
The stairs lead to the cellar.
The cellar is used as a storage space.
Orignal sinks still remain in place.
There are two main staircases in the buildings.
The battlement detail on the roof can be seen from a fifth floor window.
Pensacola Bay is visible from the roof of the old hospital.
Large windows line the room on the north side of the top floor. The room was originally used as a sun parlor.
The original tiled walls remain in one of the operating rooms.
This is an adjacent operating room that is now used for storage.
All of the operating wards were located on the fifth floor.