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  Bagdad is a small town about 20 miles east of Pensacola. It was a major center for the lumber industry at the turn-of-the-century.
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  The home is located on about ten acres surrounded by a white picket fence.
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  The bright green foilage of the live oak is typical during early spring.
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  Porches surround the house on both floors.
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  A canopy of live oaks covers most of the block.
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  A picket fence frames the eastern property border.
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  The home and surrounding acreage borders on Pond Creek to the north.
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  The Methodist Church in Bagdad as seen from the vantage point of Forsyth Street. The viewer is facing south.
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  Viewer is facing north on Forsyth St. The church is located on the right of the picture.
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  Church Street and Jefferson are the two main streets in the old town center. To the right is the Showalter House. The First Baptist Church can be seen in the lower left.
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  The side of the home is accessed from Church Street.
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  The home is located on the corner of East Blount Street and 12th Avenue.
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  The house is located on the corner of East Jackson and 14th Street.
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  Grandma Peaden's cottage is a classic Victorian home.
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  The restaurant is open on weekend evenings for dinner and available for special events.
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  The restaurant is two blocks from the courthouse.
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  There are two front rooms which serve as dining areas.
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  The dining rooms are accessed from a central hall.
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  This dining room is on the south side of the central hall.
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  The dining room is furnished like a hunting lodge.
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  This Victorian home has classical elements such as the pediment facade.
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  The house has extensive and elaborate scrollwork.
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  A combination of elements, such as the small pediment forms over the windows and front door echo the large pediment over the front porch.
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  The house is located on the corner of Conecuh and Berryhill Street.
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  The house sits on several acres of land.
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  Gingerbread and classical elements combine to make the steamboat house an interesting folk Victorian home.
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  The home is located on a one acre lot on the corner of Pine and Pike Street. It was built in 1870 by Republican sherrif John Butler. Elements of the house were added in the early 20th century.
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  The two-story structure is 3,600 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, a formal parlor and living room with an additonal family room.
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  The porch wraps around two sides on the first floor. It is finished with a stucco facing. The double rooms and the porch in this east view were added between 1910 and 1920.
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  The house is an example of gothic revival architecture which its central tower, unique silhouette and decorative elements.
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  This unusual Victorian home was said to have been shipped upriver in several pieces.
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  The swimming pool joins the property line on the west side of the lot.
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  The kitchen door is on the right of the photograph.
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  The photo was taken at 10:16 a.m. on September 16th as the winds of Hurricane Ivan were subsiding. There is no damage to the cottage except for a shutter with a defective hinge which can be seen on the far right of the photo.
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  The view of the palm tree can be seen through the central panel of the bay window in the front west parlor.
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  The guest house includes a bedroom, bath and studio.
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  The screen porch was detailed to match the front porch of the main house and brackets were placed to support the exposed rafter tails as on the main house.
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  The house is located on the northwest corner of Gadsden and Barcelona Street.
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  There are extensive grounds surrounding the home.
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  This window is on the west side of the front living room.
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  A canopy of live oaks shades two Victorian homes on Barcelona Street.
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  The home is situated on one acre with several auxillary buildings.
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  This is the corner of LaRua and Barcelona Street.
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  A reverse view of the intersection of LaRua and Barcelona Street shows the relationship of the largest Victorian homes in the neighborhood.
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  The home is located on the corner of North Barcelona and Gadsden Street.
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  The North Hill neighborhood has a canopy of hardwood trees like this magnolia.
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  The home is located in the North Hill Preservation District.
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  The home is located on the southwest corner of Spring and De Soto Street.
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  The East Indies style home is nestled in the sand dunes.
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  In this view, the Dorr house can be seen across the picket fence of Old Christ Church.
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  The house faces the park in this view to the south.
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  The Napoleanic Imperial Guard enters the village compound during the annual Spring Re-enactment event at the Historic Pensacola Village. The Julee cottage can be seen on the left.
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  The roof is "salt box" style. The building was constructed with pegged framing.
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  The Julee Cottage is on the north side of Zaragoza Street. The Weavers Cottage can be seen on the right. The cottage rests on brick piers, a typical building feature of early Gulf Coast homes. This slight elevation to the building helps provide air circulation.
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  The house is a museum classroom dedicated to Julee Panton.
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  The side of the cottage faces Zaragoza Street. The house is a rare example of "to the sidewalk" buildings of Spanish origin found from New Orleans to Pensacola.
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  From the vantage point of the back porch of the cottage, the Lear House can be seen through the trees. The houses are separated by a picket fence.
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  At the northwest corner of the cottage, the facade of the Tivoli House can be seen.
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  A picket fence surrounds the old well.
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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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  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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  The kitchen garden between the LaValle House and the Julee Cottage has a variety of herbs and aromatic plants intersperced with flowering annuals.
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  The Lear House was built in 1888. It is located on the north side of Zaragoza Street in the Pensacola Historic Village which is a complex of museums and historic houses in downtown Pensacola. For further information refer to the website at www.historic penscola.org The program is administrated by the State of Florida.
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  The Lear House is a museum in the Historic Village. The interior is furnished in the style of the 1920's.
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  The Lear House is a central element to the development of Historic Pensacola Village. Since 1988, a series of grant projects have prepared the structure for its role as a museum house. The house museum theme completes a historical timeline in the Historic Pensacola Village that is launched from the exhibits of the Colonial Archaeological Trail. The time period represented at the Lear House provides a contrast to the Victorian theme displayed at the nearby Dorr House.
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  A view from the west side of the first floor front porch. Zaragoza Street can be seen on the right and the interior yard of the home is on the left. The Lavalle Cottage Museum is in the far left corner of the site. There is a common kitchen garden and courtyard between the buildings.
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  From the front porch facing south, the Weaver's Cottage can be seen to the right. The entrance of the parking lot that services the complex is left of the Weaver's Cottage. Twenty-five vehicles can be parking alongside and behind the cottage.
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  West side view of the Lear House. The Lavalle Cottage is on the left of the frame. The Zaragoza Street trolley can be seen on the far right
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  A west view of the Lear House. Church Street is located to the north. The historic property encompasses the entire block. In the foreground one of the kitchen gardens and an outside oven can be seen. The Lavalle House is located on the right edge of the photograph.
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  The picket fence along Zaragoza Street provides a place for blooming vines. The east side of the Lear House is in the background.
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  A picket fence marks the boundary between the Lear-Rocheblave House and the Julee Cottage. The picket fence in the foreground surrounds the old well.
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  The museum is located on the corner of Zaragoza and Tarragona Streets. The sign on the right designates the official entrance to Historic Pensacola Village. The village is located in the heart of one of the oldest historic districts in the Southeast: the Seville Historic District in Pensacola. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Sevilel Historic District is located on Pensacola Bay.
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  The museum is an exhibit space and is also used as a reaception area for banquets and receptions.
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  Robert's Florida Battery is performing at the Open House for the Historic Village. It was reestablished in 1985 as an association of individuals united for the purpose of preserving and promoting knowledge of the American Civil War period and the memory of those who served on both sides during that conflict. The unit has one full-scale 6-pounder cannon used to portray Civil War field artillery in action.
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  This is a north view from the vantage point of Church Street.
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  The Dorr House can be seen across the front lawn.
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  The viewer faces west from the vantage point of the porch. The Julee cottage is center frame and the side garden of the Lear House is on the right.
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  Nora Nicosia, Joseph Everett and Tres Stoltz depict a French battalion in the early 1800's. The group are members of le Bataillon D'Orleans. The re-enactment is part of the yearly open house in the historic village.
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  A profusion of summer flowers of the period can be seen in the gardens around the Lear-Rocheblave House. The Tivoli House canb e seen in the background of the photograph.
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  The cottage is located on the east side of Florida Blanca Street.
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  Fence trim was designed to match the Gingerbread trim on the house. Orange cosmos plants thrive in the hot sun along the street. A sign on the backyard gate proclaims 'Farmer Dave.' He plans the cottage garden in an informal style with sunflowers. Sometimes the vegetable patch will creep into the front yard with big, green collard plants creating an interesting contrast in the spring.
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  The home is an example of the 'late Cracker' four-square Georgian with classic principles of symmetry, formality and elegance. The building tradition was passed down from the earliest single-pen examples built in the country. The four-square is the town house version of the style.
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  The term four-square refers to a floor plan with a broad central hallway with two rooms to either side. The rooms were large and square in proportion. Two back-to back fireplaces and a common chimney separated each pair of rooms. Porches were part of the social tradition in the days before air conditioning like an outside parlor. Along the streetscape, porches are aligned like one long room.
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  The Victorian cottage is located across the street from Seville Square.
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  The blocks surrounding Seville Square have many other examples of this popular house style of the period.
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  The Gulf Coast Cottage is decorated for Christmas with twinkling lights trimming the porch railings and picket fence.
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  This is the home of proprietor, Connie Newton.
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  The cottage was built in 1860.
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  Connie decorates her cottage at an annual Christmas party with a tree on the front porch.
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  The houses share a common porch line which is indicative of a 19th century village.
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  The Mariposa Gallery is located at 216 Florida Blanca Street.
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  The building is part of the State of Florida village complex.
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  Tiny pumpkins and giant pumpkins are for sale at the Whitfield farm.
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  Stan Whitfield poises with his scarcrow near a pile of 60 pound pumpkins.
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  Large oak trees frame the small cottage in one of Pensacola's historic neighborhoods.
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  The side of the house shows the depth of the lot and expansive yards in the neighborhood.