Seville Square and its twin Plaza Ferdinand VII were the parade grounds for the Fort of Pensacola established during British rule.

[2] In the early 1960s, a group of local preservationists led by Pensacolian Mary Turner Rule (née Reed) formed the Pensacola Heritage Foundation, joined the National Trust and surveyed the Seville Square Historic District, the neighborhood around Seville Square adjacent to Pensacola Bay.

Then they created a festival, a hometown Victorian picnic in the park, An Evening in Old Seville Square, to bring Pensacolians to the district encouraging restoration.

Florida Preservation Board, whose function is to protect the Seville Square Historic District and Pensacola's history.

The city established the Architecture Review board to protect Pensacola's history locally.