On Bayou Boulevard, tucked beneath dozens of old live oaks, sits a home that has seen more than a century of Pensacola history pass its windows.
The Bayou home was built in 1913 as the Phelps residence, but is most remembered as the home of Roy Philpot and family. Mr. Philpot was a Councilmember and former Pensacola Mayor as well as a yachtsman, equestrian, and serial entrepreneur, owning the Pensacola motor lodge, service station and grocery store. Today, the house is all that remains, a quiet survivor of a different Pensacola…