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Date listed Date removed Location City or town Description 1: Building at 1415 North Franklin Street: September 17, 1974 (#77001580) June 21, 1977: 1415 North Franklin Street: Downtown Tampa: Destroyed by fire April 5, 1977. [10] 2: Chapin House: July 24, 1974 (#76002283) September 15, 1989: 4607 Bayshore Blvd. Downtown Tampa: Damaged by fire ...
The Hyde Park Historic Districts are U.S. Historic Districts (designated as such on March 4, 1985) located in Tampa, Florida. They are bounded by the Hillsborough River, Hillsborough Bay, Howard Avenue, and Kennedy Boulevard. They contain 1,264 buildings, including the Hutchinson House and the Anderson-Frank House
A 1748 British map had "B. del Spirito Santo" for Tampa Bay and "Carlos Bay" to the south. A Spanish map of 1757 renamed Tampa Bay as "San Fernando". As late as 1774, Bernard Romans called Tampa Bay "Bay of Espiritu Santo", with "Tampa Bay" restricted to the Northwest arm, what is now Old Tampa Bay, and the northeast arm named "Hillsborough Bay".
Ybor City (/ ˈ iː b ɔːr / EE-bor) [2] is a historic neighborhood just northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida, United States.It was founded in the 1880s by Vicente Martinez Ybor and other cigar manufacturers and populated by thousands of immigrants, mainly from Cuba, Spain, and Italy.
1831 – Tampa Bay post office established. [2] Fort Brooke ca. 1840. 1845 – Tampa Bay becomes part of the new U.S. state of Florida. [1] 1848 – 1848 Tampa Bay hurricane. 1849 – Village of Tampa incorporated. 1850 – Oaklawn Cemetery established. [3] 1855 – Town of Tampa incorporated. [4] 1856 – Joseph B. Lancaster becomes mayor.
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The first streetcars in Tampa were operated by the Tampa Street Railway Company between downtown Tampa and Ybor City. The line started operation in 1885, using wood-burning steam engines. In 1892 the Tampa Street Railway Company merged with the Florida Electric Company to form the Tampa Street Railway and Power Company, and converted to ...
The District measures about 140 acres. The primary area is bounded by the Anclote River on the north, Tarpon Avenue and Spring Bayou on the south, Hibiscus and Pinellas Streets on the east; and Roosevelt and Grand Boulevards to Spring Bayou on the west—see the maps and inventory for details. The architectural resources have historic integrity.