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Pensacola, Florida
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The Daughters of Charity, a Catholic religious order, spent over $400,000 building this late Gothic Revival hospital, designed by Austrian-born architect A.O. Von Herbulis and opened in September 1915 as Pensacola Hospital, Florida's first Catholic hospital; it was renamed Sacred Heart Hospital in 1948, and the sisters moved to a new facility on North Ninth Avenue in 1965, leaving the building behind. Now known as Tower East and home to offices and a pizza restaurant, the building carries a reputation for the spirit of one of the sisters, still dressed in her nurse's habit, seen gliding through the fourth and fifth floor halls she once walked on her rounds — some say she still taps visitors on the shoulder from behind, just as she did in life.
Historic 1915 hospital building. The lower floors are in use by restaurants, offices and a theater company; the upper floors are closed to the public. Visit the businesses on the ground floor, and don't enter the closed upper levels.
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