In Pensacola. Around where Frisco’s waterfront track ended. I’ve seen it for years and thought it looked very railroad-y.
Patrick, This is not a Frisco related facility. The building was located at the former Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad Marine Terminal. The building was constructed in 1902. It was used by that railroad for offices at the marine terminal into the 1920s. It was then used by the railroad for storage of company materials. It was abandoned by the railroad in the early 1960s when it was transferred to the Pensacola Port Authority. The port authority used it as offices until 1968. It was then transferred in 1969 to the Historic Pensacola Preservation District. They relocated the building further north away from the Commendencia Street Wharf into the preservation district. It was restored and an exterior stairway was added for improved access to the second story. In the mid 1970s the district then leased the restored building to the Florida Public Archelogy Network for use as their headquarters. Today it is occupied by them as the Destination Archelogy Resource Center for use as a public museum. Address is 207 East Main Street, Pensacola, FL 32502. Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
Another mystery that appears solved is the building’s east-west orientation. It currently aligns with the direction of the removed Frisco track work, instead of the north-south orientation of the former L&N trackwork. The L&N tracks shows up on the attached map, which made me think Frisco. I would strongly surmise that this building originally was built oriented north-south with the L&N. When moved later it was rotated 90° to fit better into the existing street layout. Non-Frisco stuff I know but I thought it was a Frisco building for a very long time, finally asked, and now everything is clear.
