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The Tampa Bay History Center is history museum located in the southern part of downtown near the Channel District and Amalie Arena. Exhibits include coverage of the Tampa Bay area's first native inhabitants, Spanish conquistadors, and historical figures who shaped the area's history, as well as a reproduction of a 1920s cigar store.
The modern history of Tampa, Florida, can be traced to the founding of Fort Brooke at the mouth of the Hillsborough River in today's downtown in 1824, soon after the United States had taken possession of Florida from Spain. The outpost brought a small population of civilians to the area, and the town of Tampa was first incorporated in 1855.
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 in 1973. Destroyed by fire on July 10, 1976. [11] 3: Hayden Estate Building: Hayden Estate Building: November 1, 1984 (#84000197) September 15, 1989: 1016-1016 1/2 N. Franklin ...
The downtown business district of Tampa is located immediately east of the Hillsborough River, and southwest of the Ybor City Historic District. Downtown includes the Tampa Theatre, Rivergate Tower, Tampa Museum of Art, Glazer Children's Museum, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Kress building, Straz Performing Arts Center, SunTrust building.
The Tampa City Hall is a historic site in Tampa, Florida, United States. It was designed by Bonfoey & Elliott [2] and is located at 315 East John F. Kennedy Boulevard. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1981. [3] On October 1, 1974, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In 2017, the building ...
The city of Tampa, Florida is officially divided into six geographical regions: New Tampa, West Tampa, Brooklyn Village, Downtown Tampa, Ybor City, and Channel District each coinciding with a respective Tampa City Council district. [1]
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.
In 2013, efforts were being made to save the historic Rooming House from demolition by the City of Tampa. [5] As of January 13, 2014, Todd Alan Clem, commonly known as Bubba the Love Sponge, planned to purchase this property and begin the restoration of the house. [6] Soon afterwards, Clem withdrew plans blaming mayor Bob Buckhorn and city ...