# AIA Tampa Bay's ~ Architecture of Tampa Bay

> Your Guide to Tampa’s Architectural Treasures—One Building at a Time.


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- [Tampa Bay Design Week 2024 Recap](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/map-html/tampa-bay-design-week-2024-recap/): 4.12.24 Water Street Walking Tour   4.13.24 Architecture By Boat Tour 4.15.24 Tampa Theatre Film and Discussion, with Mayor Jane Castor 4.17.24 The Heron Behind The Scenes Tour 4.18.24 West Tampa Trolley Tour 4.19.24 USF Students Present; Centro Espanol Reimagined 4.20.24 Mid-Century Modern Self-Driving Tour in St. Peterburg 4.21.24 St. Petersburg Pier Behind the Scenes Tour
- [Water Street Well District Certification](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/water-street-well-district-certification/): Water Street Tampa Becomes First WELL Certified Community in North America TAMPA, FL – New York (September 6, 2023) – Tampa-based real estate development firm Strategic Property Partners, LLC (“SPP”) and the International WELL Building Institute (“IWBI”) today announced that Water Street Tampa, the transformative new lifestyle destination in Downtown Tampa, has achieved the WELL Community Certification at the Gold level, becoming the first neighborhood in North America to receive the prestigious distinction. Awarded by IWBI, the certification celebrates Water Street Tampa’s successful, strategic integration of design and policy decisions that promote health and well-being across all aspects of the neighborhood. Leading […]
- [The Towers at Channelside](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/the-towers-at-channelside/): LOCATION:1211 E Cumberland Ave, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT: Curts Gaines Hall Jones Architects BUILT: 2007 SIZE: 255 units PHOTO CREDIT: Smith & Associates The Towers of Channelside are two 30-story, 327-foot-tall condominium buildings. Both buildings contain a total of 255 residential units. This project used custom YKK curtain wall with laminated impact glass and red ACM panels. The Towers of Channelside offers a state-of-the-art condominium development consisting of two, thirty story, high-rise buildings with a total of 255 units, having a visionary appearance, vast amenities and cutting-edge technology for our professional residents. The Towers of Channelside provide the gateway to Tampa’s Channelside […]
- [USF Morsani College of Medicine](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/usf-morsani-college-of-medicine/): LOCATION: 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 70, Tampa FL 33612 ARCHITECT: HOK, built by Skanska BUILT: 2019 SIZE: 395,000 sq. ft., 13-story high rise tower including a 400-seat auditorium (that can split to two 200-seat lecture halls), clinical teaching labs, smaller classrooms, and research laboratories to support the Morsani College of Medicine, Taneja College of Pharmacy and Heart Institute PHOTO CREDIT: USF College of Medicine The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute has moved downtown, bringing approximately 1,800 students, faculty and staff to live, work and study along the downtown waterfront as a key anchor at Water […]
- [1001 Office Building (Thousand and One)](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/1001-office-building-thousand-and-one/): LOCATION: Thousand & One, 1001 Water Street, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT: COOKFOX Architects BUILT: 2021 SIZE: 387,000 square feet, of which 55,358 square feet is rentable office space PHOTO CREDIT: Thousand & One Thousand & One offers living workplaces thoughtfully informed by nature and innovation. Poised for growth amid the dynamic Water Street neighborhood in downtown Tampa and under the umbrella of North America’s first WELL Certified™ community, this signature biophilic trophy office building delivers a restorative professional environment that cultivates productivity, collaboration, betterment, and balance. A holistic response to the rhythms of an emergent era of work, Thousand & One creates the conditions for personal and […]
- [The Asher and Roost](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/asherroost/): LOCATION: 1050 Water Street, Tampa FL, 33602 ARCHITECT: Morris Adjmi Architects BUILT: 2022 SIZE: 788,000 square feet, 22 stories, 501 units PURPOSE: Asher – Luxury Residential, Roost – Luxury Hotel, extended stay PHOTO CREDIT: Asher and Roost As a nod to Tampa’s industrial past, Asher’s facade features a grid of factory-style windows that flood interior spaces with natural light. With an unparalleled package of indoor-outdoor amenities, including a lush rooftop pool surrounded by enclosed cabanas, the new multifamily building offers residents resort-like experiences within the city’s evolving urban context. Asher is a LEED Gold-certified multifamily building located within Water Street Tampa, a new 56-acre […]
- [Kerouac House, 5159 10th Avenue North, St. Petersburg FL 33710](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/kerouac-house-5159-10th-avenue-north-st-petersburg-fl-33710/): LOCATION: 5159 10th Avenue North, St. Petersburg FL 33710 ARCHITECT: Unknown ORIGINAL FUNCTION: preservation of author Jack Kerouac’s last home in St. Petersburg, Florida PHOTO CREDITS: Kerouac House, St. Petersburg https://stpetekerouachouse.com/pages/about The Jack Kerouac House of St. Petersburg Inc. is a private, non-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation of author Jack Kerouac’s last home in St. Petersburg, Florida and the promotion of local arts, artists, and culture.  While the Kerouac house is not a museum per se, it is used as a gathering place/cultural space for various community activities such as poetry readings, streaming events, lectures, seminars, meetings, and other events consistent with […]
- [The Cora](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/the-cora/): LOCATION:1011 E Cumberland Ave, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT: ODP Architecture & Design, Cook Fox Architects BUILT: 2022 SIZE: 396,130 sqft ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Mixed-use PHOTO CREDITS: ODP Architecture & Design, Cook Fox Architects Cora, 1011 E Cumberland Avenue sits at the center of Water Street Tampa, a new 52-acre downtown waterfront neighborhood, and the first in the world to achieve WELL pre-certification under the WELL Community Standard. Targeting high energy standards, the neighborhood is also designed to LEED ND and the building itself is targeting LEED Gold certification. We designed Cora to enhance the health and well-being of its residents through biophilic design, creating […]
- [The Heron](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/the-heron/): LOCATION: 815 Water St, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) BUILT:2022 SIZE:81,000 m2 / 872,000 ft2 ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Rental Apartments PHOTO CREDITS: Kevin Scott/Courtesy Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) Inspired by the natural structure, purity, and vibrancy of Florida’s coral reefs, the design for Heron provides an uplifting and healthy environment for residents while prioritizing efficient and economical construction. With a distinct presence on the Tampa waterfront, Heron marks the beginning of the city’s famed Riverwalk. The pair of “sibling” towers is connected by a retail podium that activates the streetscape and draws visitors from the surrounding neighborhood. Cladding […]
- [The Tampa EDITION](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/the-tampa-edition/): LOCATION:500 Channelside Drive Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT: Ian Schrager BUILT: 2022 SIZE: 9 million-square-foot, 20,000 sq. ft. meeting spaces Meeting rooms 23 Largest room 4,837 sq. ft. Second largest room is 2,787 sq. ft. ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Boutique Hotel, Convention PHOTO CREDITS: The Tampa EDITION “The Tampa Edition, nestled in the heart of the Water Street Tampa district, stands as a beacon of modern luxury and sophisticated design. Opened in October 2022, this 26-story hotel and residential building is part of the prestigious EDITION Hotels collection. It epitomizes a new era of architectural elegance in Tampa, Florida. Designed by the acclaimed Morris Adjmi Architects […]
- [Amalie Arena](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_4/amalie-arena/): LOCATION: 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT:  Ellerbe Becket STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Walter P. Moore GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Hunt/Morse Diesel BUILT: 1994 broke ground, opened October 20, 1996 SIZE: 670,000-square-foot ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Sporting Events varying from Basketball to Hockey PHOTO CREDITS: Michel Curi From 2011-2013, AMALIE Arena had more than $62 million in improvements that have clearly revolutionized the industry and made it the premier entertainment venue in the state of Florida. With a wide array of venues spread throughout the United States, it can be difficult to find one that distinguishes itself from the others. That is not the case with the […]
- [St. Petersburg Judicial Center](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/st-petersburg-judicial-center/): LOCATION: 150 5th Street N. St. Petersburg, FL 33701 ARCHITECT:  Glenn Quincy Johnson, 1968 BUILT: 1971, addition that enclosed arches 1974, renovated in 1976 SIZE: 89,480 SF (including 6,000 SF 1974 addition) ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Pinellas County – Erect Judicial Building – Daniel Construction Co. (Five -Story, Type I) PHOTO CREDITS: Glenn Johnson   This iconic building has attracted a lot of positive attention from the newspapers, the public, and architectural peers over the years. There were over 50 newspaper articles and several unsolicited appreciation letters from nearby businesses. Architecturally it is described as a “brutalist” style since it is formed […]
- [Green Bench Brewing Company](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/green-bench-brewing-company/): Thank you for joining us for the Cruising St. Pete Mid-Century Modern Tour!  If you have any questions or feedback regarding the tour, please contact us at info@aiatampabay.com
- [Williams Park Bandshell](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/williams-park-bandshell/): LOCATION: 350 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 ARCHITECT:  William B Harvard, Sr., AIA BUILT: 1954 SIZE: – PHOTO CREDITS: Floridamemory.com / Greenbenchmonthly.com / Stpetersburgdailyphoto.com ABOUT THE PROJECT: Williams Park is St. Petersburg’s very first park and was founded in 1888. It was originally named City Park and was later changed to Williams Park in honor of the co-founder of St. Petersburg, John Constantine Williams, Sr. The Williams Park Bandshell was built in 1954 to replace a bandstand destroyed by a 1921 hurricane.  William B. Harvard’s design of the bandshell was controversial from the beginning, as well as a groundbreaking step toward the inclusion […]
- [Bird Cage House](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/bird-cage-house/): LOCATION: 721 Pinellas Point Dr S, St. Petersburg, FL 33705 ARCHITECT:  Glenn Q. Johnson BUILT: 1954 SIZE: 1,460 SF PHOTO CREDITS: Zillow.com ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Residential ABOUT THE PROJECT:  Designed for the Florida climate before air conditioning was common, the Vision-aire houses, as they were originally called, were designed “by Florida itself”.  A dozen houses were built along 69th Avenue South and on Pinellas Point Drive.  All of the houses were designed with living areas that faced the southeast with jalousie windows, to welcome the prevailing breeze from Tampa Bay and cool occupants.  Their wide overhangs shielded the home from the sun and rain and floor-to-ceiling screens […]
- [12-Sided House](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/12-sided-house/): LOCATION: 7117 Sunshine Dr S, St. Petersburg, FL 33705, USA ARCHITECT: Al Willingham BUILT: 1969 SIZE: 1,827 SF ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Residential  PHOTO CREDITS: Zillow.com / Troy Willingham  ABOUT THE PROJECT:  Designed by architect Al Willingham in 1969, this 12 sided “duodecagon” was constructed years before the other neighborhood homes for his family of 5.  With an exterior of floor-to-ceiling wall-to-wall glass doors the inside of the home had an unobscured panoramic view of the surrounding pine trees and nature.  Broad overhangs protect the glass from direct sunlight and sunlight bounces off the roof to naturally light the ceiling of the clerestory over the central 12 sided […]
- [Dome House](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/dome-house/): LOCATION: 3900 41st St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33711 ARCHITECT: Unknown BUILT: 1982 SIZE: 2,250 SF ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Residential  PHOTO CREDITS: Owner, Frazier Ferrara ABOUT THE PROJECT: This Post Modern home has been included on the tour due to its unique shape. It shares some of the features typical of Mid-Century Modern design, such as clean lines with few elements of decoration and an open floor plan.  It is integrated with nature, as it has plenty of outdoor living space and multiple options for getting to those spaces from the inside. A sliding glass wall opens to the outdoors The open loft space looks down to the […]
- [Temple Beth-El](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/temple-beth-el/): LOCATION: 400 Pasadena Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33707 ARCHITECT: Morris Lapidus BUILT: 1961 SIZE: – ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Synagogue PHOTO CREDITS: Synagogues360.com ABOUT THE PROJECT: Temple Beth-El  was built in the early 60’s and was designed by architect, Morris Lapidus.  Lapidus is most well-known for his 1950’s tropical modern hotels on Miami Beach including The Fontainebleau, Algiers and Eden Roc Hotels.   He is known for whimsical details like curved glass walls and nonlinear shapes, like the main 350 seat sanctuary at Temple Beth-El ABOUT THE ARCHITECT:  Morris Lapidus was born in Odessa, Russia in 1902.  In 1903 his Orthodox Jewish family immigrated to the […]
- [Pasadena Community Church](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/pasadena-community-church/): LOCATION: 227 70th St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33707, USA ARCHITECT: William B. Harvard Sr., AIA BUILT: Late 1960s SIZE: – ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Church  PHOTO CREDITS: Floridamemory.com / Pasadenacommunitychurch.org ABOUT THE PROJECT: Built in the late 1960s, Pasadena Community Church’s is a multifaceted and striking sanctuary located in the Pasadena on the Gulf neighborhood of St. Petersburg. The room’s unusual shape offers multiple reflective surfaces at assorted angles, plenty of concrete and glass, and a ceiling that peaks at about 75 feet above the floor. A recent renovation included reducing the seating from approximately 1,100 to about 800, updating the wooden flooring, and more, further altering […]
- [Bedinghaus Residence](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/bedinghaus-residence/): LOCATION: 6271 6th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33710 ARCHITECT: Unknown BUILT: 1955 SIZE: 2,342 SF ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Residential  PHOTO CREDITS: Google Street View, 2015 ABOUT THE PROJECT:  The original home was designed for a retiring couple from Michigan by a local architect in 1954. It is constructed of unique green concrete block, 8 x 12 x 2 1/2,  and Ocala block with terrazzo floors throughout. The original roof was flat, with the exception of the mono slope roof over what used to be a screened porch at the front center. The current owners purchased the house in 2004. In 2018, architect and owner Jim Bedinghaus […]
- [World Liquors Drive-in Sign](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/world-liquors-drive-in-sign/): LOCATION: 1320 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL 33705 ARCHITECT: Unknown BUILT: 1950’s SIZE: 22 ft tall ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Advertising  PHOTO CREDITS: Google 2021 ABOUT THE PROJECT: The iconic sign you see today at 1320 Central Ave. has had quite a history of refurbishment. It was originally a sign for World Furniture. In 1961, it was purchased by World Liquors and the sign was given a new life. It stood in front of World Liquors for over 50 years. In 2018, a developer bought the property and was planning to demolish the historic sign. Along came Ferg’s, a sports bar and grille in St. […]
- [Security Federal Savings and Loan](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/security-federal-savings-and-loan/): LOCATION:  2600 9th Street North, St. Pete ARCHITECT:  Wenceslao Alfonso Sarmiento BUILT:  1961 SIZE: – ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Bank Office Building PHOTO CREDITS: Midcenturybanks.com ABOUT THE PROJECT:  The Security Federal Savings and Loan Association was designed by W.A. Sarmiento, chief designer for the Bank Building & Equipment Corporation of America.  The estimated cost of the structure and furnishings was reported to be $900,000.  Completed in 1961, the building consisted of a seven-story circular structure with a main floor circular lobby enclosed by glass and attached to an eight-story rectangular mass.  On the interior, a circular staircase, sometimes called a “horn of plenty” […]
- [Randolph Wedding Residence](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/randolph-wedding-residence/): LOCATION: 990 31st Ave NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33704 ARCHITECT: Randolph Wedding  BUILT: 1968 SIZE: 5878 SF ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Residential  PHOTO CREDITS: Realtor.com ABOUT THE PROJECT: A Frank LLoyd Wright inspired design, this contemporary home was built in 1968 by master architect and former mayor of St. Petersburg, Randolph “Randy” Wedding. In 2006, with the help of architect Jovica Millic, the interior was renovated into the masterpiece it is today in Snell Isle Estates, on 1/2 acre with lush landscape that offers complete privacy. This stunning 5878 sq ft. home offers 5 bedrooms and 4 1/2 bath with floor to ceiling windows that […]
- [Ross Residence](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ross-residence/): LOCATION: 3130 Walnut St NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33704, USA ARCHITECT: Sanford Goldman, AIA BUILT: 1961 SIZE: 2806 SF ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Residential  PHOTO CREDITS: Zillow.com ABOUT THE PROJECT: The house at 3130 Walnut St. NE, on the east side of the Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Golf Club, was built in 1961 by prominent St. Petersburg Architect Sanford M. Goldman. This split-level Ranch style home, influenced by the Prairie Style, has three levels and a cantilevered staircase. It exemplifies the Mid-Century Modern aesthetic of bringing the outside in, with floor-to-ceiling windows and windows that wrap around three sides of a space, and large […]
- [Knowlton Estate](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/knolton-estate/): LOCATION: 411 Cordova Blvd NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33704 ARCHITECT:  William B. Harvard, Sr., AIA BUILT:  1956 SIZE: 5,760 SF ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Residence PHOTO CREDITS: Realtor.com ABOUT THE PROJECT: Designed for clients John and Betty Knowlton and their family, William Harvard Sr. designed the home in 1956 with his signature mid-century modern style.  The design connects the interior of the house to the outdoors throughout.  It is one level situated on a premier 1.2 acre waterfront lot on Snell Harbor.   The lot is a park-like setting with abundant green space and water including a 60 ft lagoon shaped pool and garden […]
- [Cruising St. Pete Mid-Century Driving Tour](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/cruising-st-pete/): PLEASE READ BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE TOUR Thank you for joining us for the Cruising St. Pete Mid-Century Modern Driving Tour!  Addresses of each stop are shared below.  A Google Map with a suggested route is also available here for your convenience.   If you have any questions, please contact info@aiatampabay.com, or call 813-229-3411 CRUSING ST. PETE TOUR STOPS Below is information on each of the stops along the tour. Once you click on the first stop, there will be a link at the bottom of the page to lead you to the following stop, so there is no need to […]
- [Test Welcome](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/test-welcome/): The highlight of Tour Tampa Bay Architecture is a self-guided walking tour of significant architecture in Downtown Tampa. An interesting array of 22 historic, modern, sustainable, award-winning and critically acclaimed buildings and locations are featured. Information is, in most cases, only accessible once your reach the building, by scanning a QR Code that has been placed on or near it.  This way you are able to truly appreciate and experience it. The location of the QR Code is shown in the photo marking the building location on the downtown map. Find the code on or near the building, scan the code […]
- [Walk and Explore Downtown Tampa's Architecture](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_4/): The Downtown Tampa QR Code Tour is an interactive walking tour.  In order to take the tour, view the map of building locations.  Each location has a photo of the QR Code location (small, blue code).   Travel to the building location, find the QR Code nearby, and scan.   This will take your phone or tablet directly to a webpage about the building – complete with a video and plenty of interesting information about our community’s rich architectural heritage!
- [Hyde Park Test Fix Spacing Page](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hyde-park-test-fix-spacing-page/): Bayshore Boulevard, Platt Street to Gandy Boulevard, Tampa, FL First Baptist Church of Tampa, 302 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL First Church of Christ, Scientist, 401 W. Grand Central Avenue, Tampa, FL Friday Morning Musical and Federated Club, 809 W. Horatio Avenue, Tampa, FL Hyde Park First Christian Church, Holy Trinity Presbyterian, 350 S. Hyde Park Avenue, Tampa, FL Hyde Park Grammar School, 705 W. Swann Avenue. Tampa, FL Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, 1309 W. Swann Avenue, Tampa, FL Hyde Park United Methodist Church, 500 W. Platt Street, Tampa, FL Hyde Park’s Bungalow Terrace, Swann Avenue between Rome and Packwood,Tampa, […]
- [Bayshore Boulevard](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_1/): LOCATION: Platt Street Bridge to Gandy Blvd., Tampa ARCHITECT: Frank Durham BUILT: late 1880s; current configuration, mid-1930s SIZE: 4 1/2 miles in length PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System Bayshore Boulevard was an early vision of the founders of Tampa, who wanted to create a roadway along Hillsborough Bay, connecting downtown Tampa with Ballast Point. Developers Alfred Swann and Eugene Holtsinger made this vision happen and succeeded in ensuring that the scenic roadway along the bay was open and accessible to the entire community. To make Bayshore Boulevard a reality, developers sold properties with the foresight to restrict building from occurring […]
- [Friday Morning Musicale and Federated Clubs](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_4/): LOCATION: 809 W. Horatio Avenue, Tampa ARCHITECT: Frank Durham BUILT: 1926 SIZE: 8,160 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Florida Bureau of Historic Preservation In 1902, Mrs. W.H. Ferris and Louise F. Dodge founded the Tampa Friday Morning Musicale. The group met every other week on Friday mornings. The Tampa Musicale became affiliated with the Federation of Women’s Clubs in April 1921. Soon after the alliance, Mrs. Frank Jackson donated the site on De Leon Avenue, and prominent Tampa architect Frank Durham was retained to design the current building in the Mediterranean period-inspired asymmetrical Mission style . The building has a 385-seat theater and […]
- [St. John's Episcopal Church](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_15/): LOCATION: 906 S. Orleans Avenue, Tampa ARCHITECT: Frances J. Kennard BUILT: 1924 SIZE: 32,931 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa-Hillsborough County Library System St. John’s by the Sea Episcopal Mission was established in Hyde Park in 1912 in a modest wood building. In 1917, the mission became a parish with 108 communicants. Construction began on the present masonry building in 1924. The Mediterranean inspired asymmetrical Mission style building featured a dominant bell tower on the front facade. The church and a new pipe organ were dedicated in 1928. By 1944, the mortgage on the church was completely satisfied, and the building was consecrated. The exterior […]
- [Hyde Park Presbyterian Church](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_7/): LOCATION: 1309 W. Swann Avenue, Tampa BUILT: 1953 SIZE: 31,074 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Del Acosta The Hyde Park Presbyterian Church began as an outpost Sunday school chapel in 1910 at a building on the corner of Oregon and Inman Avenues. In 1917, the success of the outpost enabled the congregation to begin construction on a new masonry church building, this served the community until the early 1950s. The present-day brick Neoclassical sanctuary was completed and dedicated in 1953. The Neoclassical style church is dominated by a symmetrical facade with a full-height porch supported by classical columns.  
- [First Church of Christ, Scientist](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_3/): LOCATION: 401 W. Grand Central Avenue, Tampa BUILT: 1926 SIZE: 16,079 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa-Hillsborough County Library System In 1908, the First Church of Christ, Scientist was organized in Tampa. Seeking an appropriate location, in 1920 the congregation acquired its present Hyde Park site for construction of a new building. The new building was built in the Classical Revival style, the most prevalent architectural style in Hyde Park’s religious buildings. The building’s interiors are original and feature simple, yet elegant, craftsman style architectural details.  On January 24, 1926, the first service was held at the Grand Central Avenue location. Dedication services were […]
- [Hyde Park First Christian Church, Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_5/): LOCATION: 350 S. Hyde Park Avenue, Tampa BUILT: 1927 SIZE: 23,633 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa-Hillsborough County Library System The Hyde Park First Christian Church, organized in 1900, constructed its sanctuary in the Classical Revival style in 1927. The building has been preserved and the interiors maintain the buildings original decorative features, including the stained glass windows. The building’s front entrance stairs were redesigned when Hyde Park Avenue was widened to permit the construction of the Davis Islands Bridge. The church maintained a prominent presence until the spring of 2009, when the congregation held its last service. In October 2009, the Holy […]
- [Hyde Park United Methodist Church](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_8/): LOCATION: 500 W. Platt Street, Tampa BUILT: 1907 SIZE: 10,862 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa-Hillsborough County Library System The Hyde Park United Methodist Church has maintained a significant presence in Hyde Park since 1899. The first 30 members met at the two-room Hyde Park Grammar School, which was then located at Platt Street and Magnolia Avenue. The church was officially organized in 1900 with 29 members. The main sanctuary of the current church, a simplified adaptation of the Richardson Romanesque style,  was constructed in 1907; the first education building was completed in 1921. Hyde Park United Methodist Church has undertaken several expansions […]
- [First Baptist Church of Tampa](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_2/): LOCATION: 302 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa BUILT: 1922-1924 SIZE: 36,400 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: First Baptist Church Archives The First Baptist Church of Tampa officially began on July 23, 1859, in downtown Tampa. After the Lafayette Street Bridge (Kennedy Boulevard) was built across the Hillsborough River and church members began to construct homes in Hyde Park, the congregation relocated in 1896 to the west side of the river at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Hyde Park Avenue. With the relocation to Hyde Park, the First Baptist Church experienced a period of unprecedented growth and construction began on the current sanctuary. The […]
- [Woodrow Wilson Middle School](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_16/): LOCATION: 1005 W. Swann Avenue, Tampa BUILT: 1915 SIZE: 74,793 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa-Hillsborough County Library System Woodrow Wilson Middle School opened in in 1915 as one of the first junior high schools in the United States.  The brick building in the Classical Revival style has been in original usage since opening. Recently, the building was rehabilitated, restoring many original architectural features. The opening of the school for grades seven through nine was not only a major event for Tampa, it also had significance on the national level. Prior to the advent of junior high schools, students typically attended grades one through eight […]
- [John B. Gorrie Elementary School](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_10/): LOCATION: 705 W. DeLeon Street, Tampa BUILT: 1905 SIZE: 64,267 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa-Hillsborough County Library System John B. Gorrie Elementary, originally known as the Hyde Park Grammar School, is believed to be the oldest operating school in the state of Florida. An original wood frame building opened with two classrooms and one teacher on the corner of Platt Street and Magnolia Avenue in September 1889. Hyde Park was growing rapidly during the later part of the nineteenth century, and in 1903 the school was relocated to a new brick building the Folk Victorian style and featured a cupola. The new school, […]
- [Hyde Park Grammar School (Hyde Park Arts Center)](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_6/): LOCATION: 705 Swann Avenue, Tampa BUILT: 1889, moved to present site and altered in 1921 SIZE: 1,570 GSF CURRENT USE: Art Center / Gallery Space PHOTO CREDITS: John B. Gorrie School Archives The Old Hyde Park Art Center, home of the Tampa Regional Artist, is housed in one of Tampa’s oldest wooden buildings. The building, in the Folk Victorian style, has been moved at least three times and has been significantly altered as the use of the building has changed. The building opened in September 1889 as the Hyde Park Grammar School (renamed John B. Gorrie Elementary School in 1915) and located […]
- [Seville Apartment House](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_14/): LOCATION: 902 S. Dakota Avenue, Tampa ARCHITECT: Francis Kennard BUILT: 1925 SIZE: 24,000 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa-Hillsborough County Library System The Seville Apartment building was built as an integral part of the Hyde Park community for those such as single families living in the area.  Two apartments are located on each floor with windows on four elevations, permitting cross ventilation similar to that found in a detached home.  The interior lobby in the Seville replaced the front porch as an interior space for neighbors to interact with one another and welcome guests. Similar to single family homes in Hyde Park, a rear […]
- [Leiman House](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_12/): LOCATION: 716 South Newport Avenue, Tampa (private homes) ARCHITECT: M. Leo Elliot BUILT: 1914 SIZE: 5,261 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Robin Gonzalez Hyde Park’s Leiman House was built in 1914 by Henry and Margaret Leiman, in the Prairie Style. The Leimans moved to Tampa from New York City in 1894, and soon opened the Tampa Box Company, makers of cigar boxes for Tampa’s expanding cigar industry. The Prairie Style exemplified by the Leiman house is one of the few architectural styles found in the United States that is an indigenous American style. The Leiman House features a hipped, low-pitched roof which extends to […]
- [Hyde Park's Bungalow Terrace](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_9/): LOCATION: Swann Avenue, Between Rome and Packwood, Tampa (private homes) ARCHITECT: Alfred Swann & Eugene Holtsinger BUILT: 1913 SIZE: 4,698 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Del Acosta Hyde Park’s Bungalow Terrace is an early 20th Century bungalow court subdivision that provided affordable Craftsman style housing for the rapidly emerging middle class. The project was developed in 1913 by Alfred Swann and Eugene Holtsinger and the first homes were sold for $4,500, including land.  The bungalows were built on small lots which boasted low maintenance, and centered on a generous common sidewalk.  Small garages were accessed from rear alleys.  In 1918 a 345 […]
- [Knight Cottage (Tampa Historical Society Headquarters)](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_11/): LOCATION: 245 Hyde Park Avenue, Tampa ARCHITECT: Built by ship carpenters BUILT: 1890 SIZE: 1,737 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa Histroical Society Archives The Knight Cottage, in the Folk Victorian style, was constructed by ship carpenters on Hyde Park Avenue in 1890. Built as a honeymoon home for the newly married Peter O. Knight to the former Miss Lillie Frierson, the open gables on the front façade features a pair of hand carved wooden love birds. Mr. Knight, arriving in Tampa from Ft. Myers, Florida, was a young attorney who rapidly became a civic leader.  The cottage was built as an intermediary residence […]
- [Morrison House](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hppage_13/): LOCATION: 850 South Newport Avenue, Tampa (private home) ARCHITECT: Pre-fabricated House order from pattern book BUILT: 1881 SIZE: 4,698 GSF PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa Bay History Center Archives The William Morrison Home, originally situated on 60 acres, is among the oldest surviving homes in Tampa.  Romantic period Italianate style homes like the Morrison Home are rarely found in Florida. The two story house features a low pitched roof with a significant cupola on the front facade. Constructed between 1879 and 1881, the architected style, building plans, and building components were obtained from a pattern book of home styles.  The components were […]
- [El Centro Español](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/el-centro-espanol/): LOCATION: 1605 E. 7th Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605 ARCHITECT: Francis J. Kennard COMPLETED: 1912 ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Ballroom, Theater, Library, Gym, & Cantina COST: $52 million (stabilization and rehabilitation cost)   When Ybor City’s first immigrants moved here in the 1880s, they did not find a very a hospitable environment.  The tropical climate, dense vegetation, and numerous mosquitoes and alligators created a very unsafe place to live, and poor sanitation made disease commonplace.  Ybor City, being a new city, had no amenities such as charities or churches that typically help provide a sense of community to a city’s new immigrants.   Many of […]
- [Hyde Park](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/hyde-park/): 1. Bayshore Boulevard, Platt Street to Gandy Boulevard, Tampa, FL 2. First Baptist Church of Tampa, 302 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 3. First Church of Christ, Scientist, 401 W. Grand Central Avenue, Tampa, FL 4. Friday Morning Musical and Federated Club, 809 W. Horatio Avenue, Tampa, FL 5. Hyde Park First Christian Church, Holy Trinity Presbyterian, 350 S. Hyde Park Avenue, Tampa, FL 6. Hyde Park Grammar School, 705 W. Swann Avenue. Tampa, FL 7. Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, 1309 W. Swann Avenue, Tampa, FL 8. Hyde Park United Methodist Church, 500 W. Platt Street, Tampa, FL 9. H yde Park’s Bungalow Terrace, Swann Avenue between Rome and […]
- [Ybor City](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-city/): 1. 19th Street Casitas and Cafe, 1901-1911 N. 19th Street, Tampa, FL 33605 2. Don Vicente Inn, 1915 Avenida Republica de Cuba, Ybor City, FL 33605 3. El Centro Asturiano, 1913 N. Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605 4. El Centro Espanol, 1605 E. 7th Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605 5. El Pasaje / Cherokee Club, 1320 E. 9th Street, Ybor City, FL 33605 6. HCC Child Development Center,  1505 East Palm Avenue. Tampa, FL 33605 7. L’ Unione Italiano / Italian Club, 1731 E. 7th Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33605 8. Philip Shore Elementary School, 1908 E. 2nd Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33605 9. Ritz Theatre (Rivoli Theater), 1503 E. Seventh Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33605 10. Stantec Building, […]
- [103 South Franklin](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_16-html/): LOCATION: 103 South Franklin Street, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT:  Original Unknown, renovation by John Howey, FAIA BUILT: 1910 SIZE: 8,000 SF  ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Naval Supply Store PHOTO CREDITS: Randy Van Duinen, Architectural Photographer   Originally, 103 South Franklin Street was a Naval Supply store for ships docking on the Hillsborough River back in the early 1900’s.  After the Naval shop, Canon Music Company occupied it.  Being that the load bearing brick and granite slab foundations were created for the heavy supplies, it made for a perfect piano shop because the grand pianos were also extremely heavy.  The 103 South Franklin Street building […]
- [101 South Franklin](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_15-html/): LOCATION: 101 South Franklin Street, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT:  Original Unknown, 1980 renovation by John Howey, FAIA BUILT: 1889, renovated in 1910 and 1980 SIZE: 15,000 SF (including basement) ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Cherokee Bar (1st Floor) and Seminole Hotel (2nd Floor) PHOTO CREDITS: Randy Van Duinen, Architectural Photographer   Built in 1889, the building was home to the Cherokee Bar on the first floor and Seminole Hotel on the second. The building was conveniently located to the port, which was just two blocks to the south down Franklin Street. Whiting street was lined with one and two-story brick buildings which extended […]
- [Philip Shore Elementary School](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-8/): LOCATION: 1908 E. 2nd Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33605 OWNER: Hillsborough County Public Schools ARCHITECT: M. Leo Elliot BUILT: 1922 SIZE: 63,470 SF PHOTO CREDIT: Burgert Brothers   In the very early days of Ybor City, it was commonplace for children not to attend school all day, but rather it was more likely that they worked in factories right alongside adults. Philip Shore knew very well that most children in Ybor City were not getting the education that they needed, and decided to do something about it. Shore, who changed his name from Philippe Costa when he moved to the United States […]
- [HCC Child Development Center](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-6/): LOCATION: 1505 East Palm Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605 OWNER: Hillsborough Community Center ARCHITECT: Unknown BUILT: 1929 SIZE: 14,690 SF   This building, constructed in 1929, was originally known as Las Logias Unidas, or the United Lodge, because it was home to five different Ybor City lodges. The building represents one of many examples of Mediterranean Revival buildings located in Ybor City. In the early 1940s this building became home to La Benefica Clinic of El Centro Español. This clinic provided medical services to the wives, children, and families of El Centro Español members, as the main Centro Español hospital was exclusive […]
- [Ybor Square](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-14/): LOCATION: 1901 N. 13th Street, Ybor City, FL 33605 OWNER: Church of Scientology of Tampa ARCHITECT: C.E. Purcell BUILT: 1886 SIZE: 77,600 SF   Though now known as Ybor Square, this building was the very first brick structure constructed in Ybor City. Built by Ybor City’s founder, Vicente Martinez-Ybor, the building served as his primary factory building. Mr. Ybor moved his cigar factory from Key West to the 40 acres he purchased right where you are standing, and in so doing spawned the birth of what would only a few short years later be considered the Cigar Capital of the […]
- [Ybor City Museum State Park](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-13/): LOCATION: 1818 E. 9th Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33605 OWNER: State of Florida ARCHITECT: Unknown BUILT: Main Museum, 1923; Casitas, 1890s SIZE: Varies   In the 1970s, a number of dedicated citizens became very concerned with preserving Ybor City’s rich history and making sure future generations understood just how unique Tampa’s Latin Quarter really is. As part of that effort, many started to think about establishing a museum in Ybor City. In 1975, Cesar Gonzmart, then owner of the Columbia Restaurant, travelled to the State capital in Tallahassee to discuss the possibility of turning an old bakery building into a […]
- [Swope Rodante](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-11/): LOCATION: 1234 E. 5th Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33605 OWNER: Tampa Florida Brewing Ltd. ARCHITECT: Unknown BUILT: 1896 SIZE: 50,200 SF PHOTO CREDITS: Burgert Brothers   Swope Rodante Law Firm, housed in the former Florida Brewery building, is one of the more recognizable buildings in Ybor City, in part because of its imposing height. Before it was a brewery, and in fact before Ybor City was even founded, the land beneath the brewery was coveted and developed. This was due to the fact that adjacent to where this building now stands was a fresh water spring. Named the Government Spring in […]
- [Stantec Building](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-10/): LOCATION: 2205 N. 20th Street, Ybor City, FL 33605 OWNER: Bay Brewing Company ARCHITECT: Unknown BUILT: 1895 SIZE: 36,640 SF   Stantec is housed in a beautifully restored building that has had many lives before the one it has now. Completed in 1895, the building was originally the J. Seidenberg & Co. cigar factory. The building operated as a cigar factory until the 1930s, when it served as a sewing factory as part of the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration. It regained its association with cigars from the 1950s through the 1980s as a storage space for the Hav-a-Tampa Cigar Company. From […]
- [Ritz Theater (Rivoli Theater)](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-9/): LOCATION: 1503 E. Seventh Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33605 OWNER: Capitano and Garcia LLC ARCHITECT: M. Leo Elliot and B. C. Bonfoey BUILT: 1917 SIZE: 24,500 SF PHOTO CREDIT: Burgert Brothers   This beautiful brick building once housed one of the South’s first movie houses. Opened in 1917 as a silent movie theater, the Ritz was one of the most popular venues in Ybor City. With the first movie theater opening in New York City in 1913, The Ritz Theater was among the first theaters in the nation and placed Ybor City in the company of some of the top cities in the US as […]
- [L' Unione Italiano / Italian Club](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-7/): LOCATION: 1731 E. 7th Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33605 OWNER: Italian Club Building and Historic Trust Fund Inc. ARCHITECT: M. Leo Elliot and B. C. Bonfoey BUILT: 1917 SIZE: 21,200 SF   In 1894, just 8 years after Vicente Martinez Ybor founded Ybor City, a group of Italians founded L’Unione Italiana, or the Italian Club, to help the new Italian community in Ybor City to adjust to the economic and social challenges of living in a new country. At the turn of the last century, a great deal of anti-Italian sentiment could be found in the United States, and the […]
- [El Pasaje / Cherokee Club](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-5/): LOCATION: 1320 E. 9th Street, Ybor City, FL 33605 OWNER: El Pasaje Building LLC ARCHITECT: M. Leo Elliot and B. C. Bonfoey BUILT: 1917 SIZE: 23,200 SF   El Pasaje was only the second brick building erected in Ybor City.  Constructed from 1886 to 1888 by Vicente Martinez Ybor, El Pasaje, which means The Passage, was originally built to serve as an office from which Mr. Ybor could direct other development projects he had in mind for his new factory town.  In 1895, the building became the home for the Cherokee Club.  This organization of influential Ybor City gentlemen used […]
- [El Centro Asturiano](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-4/): LOCATION: 1913 N. Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605 OWNER: Centro Asturiano ARCHITECT: M. Leo Elliot and B. C. Bonfoey  BUILT: 1914 COST: $110,000   The clubs that arose in the early days of Ybor City were founded in order to provide the various ethnic immigrant communities with that which they would otherwise not have had.  This included a sense of community and a place for social gatherings, as well as basic amenities.  In the early 1900s, a debate arose within the Spanish club, El Centro Español, about the need for the club to provide medical services to the members.  The […]
- [The Columbia Restaurant](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-2/): LOCATION: 2117 E. Seventh Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33605 OWNER: The Columbia Restaurant / Gonzmart Family ARCHITECT:  Unknown BUILT: 1905 (along with their famous salad!) SIZE:  15 dining rooms and 1,700 seats across a full city block WEBSITE: www.columbiarestaurant.com   Welcome to the World Famous Columbia Restaurant!  Though it is now a grand restaurant with many dining rooms, when it opened in 1905 it was a small and simple café that served lunch to Ybor City’s cigar factory workers.  The restaurant’s founder, Casimiro Hernandez, did not name his café after the South American Country, but rather after a famous patriotic song […]
- [Don Vicente Inn](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-3/): LOCATION: 1915 Avenida Republica de Cuba, Ybor City, FL 33605 OWNER: Jack Shiver ARCHITECT: Unknown BUILT: 1895   The Don Vicente Inn has lived many different lives.  When it was built in 1895 by Ybor City’s founder, Vicente Martinez Ybor, it served as the Ybor Land and Improvement Company.  This was the planning and development office Mr. Ybor used in order to design and create many of the buildings of Ybor City.  At the turn of the last century, the building became a health care clinic known as El Bien Publico, or “The Good Pubic.”  Medical services in Ybor City were unique in […]
- [19th Street Casitas and Cafe](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-1/): LOCATION: 1901-1911 N. 19th Street, Tampa, FL 33605 OWNER: The Cuban Club Foundation BUILT: 1900 – 1920s; Bunker Building 1926 SIZE: Approx. 1300 SF each   With the widening of Interstate 4, several historic homes faced demolition to make way for the expansion. Cooperation between several government agencies resulted in the creation of the Cultural Resources Committee, the first such organization of its kind, to relocate and, thus, save from destruction a number of historic homes impacted by the interstate project. In all, 39 Casitas were saved from destruction. Once the houses had been saved, The Ybor City Museum Society […]
- [The Cuban Club (El Circulo Cubano)](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-12/): LOCATION: 2010 Avenida Republica de Cuba, Ybor City, FL 33605 OWNER: The Cuban Club Foundation ARCHITECT: M. Leo Elliot and B.C. Bonfoey BUILT: 1918 COST: $60,000 (1918)   The origin of El Círculo Cubano can be traced to the postwar milieu, specifically a recreational society El Club Nacional Cubano, founded October 10, 1899.  The beautiful Neo-Classical building in front of you is the Cuban Clubhouse.  El Circulo Cubano, as the club is known, began as a recreational group in 1899.  Unlike those who had immigrated to Ybor City from Spain or Italy, those who came here from Cuba were not […]
- [Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI)](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/museum-of-science-and-industry/): LOCATION: 4801 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33617 ARCHITECT: Rowe Holmes & Associates (Phase 1); Antoine Predock (Phase 2) BUILT: 1978 & 1995 WEBSITE: www.mosi.org   The original museum was itself an ‘exhibit’ with exposed plumbing and duct work so guests could see how the building worked.   It earned an Owens-Corning National Energy Conservation honor award in 1978.  According to Predock, Architect of the 1995 addition, “It’s a building that has as its purpose science, the answering of questions, the exploring of the mysterious. That’s what science and this museum is all about. That’s what the building had to be.” The Museum was […]
- [Vinoy Park Hotel (Renaissance Vinoy Resort)](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/vinoy-park-hotel-renaissance-vinoy-resort/): LOCATION: 501 Fifth Avenue Northeast, St. Petersburg, FL OWNER: Renaissance Hotels and Resorts ARCHITECT: Henry Taylor BUILT: 1925   The Vinoy Park Hotel (also known as the Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club) is a historic Mediterranean Revival styled hotel located in downtown St. Petersburg.  The Vinoy was built in 1925 by Aymer Vinoy Laughner and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Hotel was listed on the AIA Florida Top 100 Buildings List: 100 Years, 100 Places.
- [Tampa International Airport](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/tampa-international-airport/): LOCATION: 4100 George J. Bean Parkway, Tampa, FL 33607 OWNER: Hillsborough County Aviation Authority ARCHITECT: Reynolds, Smith & Hills BUILT: 1965-1971 (Original Terminal) WEBSITE: www.tampaairport.com   Tampa International Airport’s Landside/Airside terminal was the first of its type in the world. There is a central Landside Terminal where baggage and ticketing functions take place. The Landside Terminal is surrounded by four Airside satellites where airliner embarkment and disembarkment occur. Each Airside is connected to the Landside Terminal via an elevated automated people mover. The terminal was originally designed to limit the walking distance between the automobile and airliner to 700 feet (210 […]
- [St. Petersburg's Historic Post Office](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/st-petersburgs-historic-post-office/): LOCATION: 400 First Avenue North, St. Petersburg, FL OWNER: United States Postal Service ARCHITECT: George W. Stewart BUILT: 1916   St. Petersburg’s Historic Post Office was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.  It is one of the only open air post offices in the Florida. The Post Office was listed on the AIA Florida Top 100 Buildings List: 100 Years, 100 Places.
- [Florida Southern College](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/florida-southern-college/): LOCATION: 111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland, FL 33801 ARCHITECT: Frank Lloyd Wright BUILT: 1938-1958 WEBSITE: www.flsouthern.edu   Florida Southern College is the home of the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. The campus itself is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, due to the historic significance of its buildings and its unique place in Wright’s collective works. Wright called the campus “Child Of The Sun”. The College was listed on the AIA Florida Top 100 Buildings List: 100 Years, 100 Places.  
- [The Dali Museum](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/the-dali-museum-2/): LOCATION: One Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL CLIENT: The Dali Museum and the City of St. Petersburg ARCHITECT: HOK Tampa BUILT: 2011 WEBSITE: www.thedali.org   The Dali Museum’s signature architectural detail is a wave of glass paneling that undulates around the building – a striking feature that was designed by architect Yann Weymouth and HOK.  Mr. Weymouth had a hand in creating the glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris. The Museum was listed on the AIA Florida Top 100 Buildings List: 100 Years, 100 Places.  
- [The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/the-dali-museum/): LOCATION:  600 E. Klosterman Rd., Tarpon Springs, FL ARCHITECT:  Hoffman Architects, PA BUILT:  2002 SIZE:  53,000 SF COST:  $10,7000,000 WEBSITE:  www.spcollege.edu/central/museum   The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art stretches out above a pond at St. Petersburg College’s Tarpon Springs campus in a design like the bow of a ship, a nod to the city’s nautical history. Windows form a narrow ribbon near the museum floors throughout the building. The Museum was listed on the AIA Florida Top 100 Buildings List: 100 Years, 100 Places.  
- [Regional Sites](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/featured-buildings/): Historic and notable regional architecture featured by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects in the 100 Years, 100 Places Listing. Dali Museum, 1 Dali Boulevard  St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Florida Southern College, 111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive  Lakeland, FL 33801 Leepa Rattner Museum, 600 Klosterman Rd  Tarpon Springs, FL 34688 Museum of Science and Industry, 4801 East Fowler Avenue  Tampa, FL 33617 St. Petersburg Historic Post Office, 400 First Avenue North in St. Petersburg 33701 Tampa Bay History Center, 801 Old Water Street,Tampa,FL 33602 Tampa International Airport, 4100 George J Bean  Parkway  Tampa, Florida 33607 Tampa Museum of Art, 120 […]
- [Tampa Union Station](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_21-html/): LOCATION: 601 North Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602 CLIENT: Tampa Union Station Company ARCHITECT: J.R. Leitner BUILT: 1912 PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa Bay Times    Tampa Union Station, located at 601 North Nebraska Avenue, lies at the eastern edge of Downtown Tampa and stands as the gateway to Ybor City. Designed by architect J.F. Leitner of Wilmington, North Carolina, this Italian Renaissance Revival style building was opened on May 15, 1912, by the Tampa Union Station Company. Its original purpose was to combine passenger operations for the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard Air Line, and the Tampa Northern Railroad at a single […]
- [EXTRA Southern Furniture Exchange Building](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/southern-furniture-exchange-building/): LOCATION:  1110 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT:  BUILT: 1926 SIZE:  ORIGINAL FUNCTION:  Furniture Store CURRENT USE:  Vacant PHOTO CREDITS:  Randy Van Duinen, Architectural Photographer   The Southern Furniture Exchange Building at 1110 North Florida Avenue is a three-story, brick, Masonry Vernacular style building probably constructed 1926.  A portion of the south elevation that rises above the building at 1102-1106 North Florida Avenue bears the remains of a painted advertisement for “Southland Furniture—1110 North Florida Avenue.”  Southland Furniture was the name of the last occupant of the building before it was vacated in the early 1990s. 1110 North Florida […]
- [EXTRA Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/curtis-hixon-waterfront-park/): LOCATION:  600 North Ashley Drive, Tampa, FL 33602 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT:  Thomas Balsley BUILT: 2010 SIZE: 12.5 acres CURRENT USE: Public Park PHOTO CREDITS:  Randy Van Duinen, Architectural Photographer   Located on the bank of the Hillsborough River in downtown Tampa, the new Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park opened in January 2010. The Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park is a destination – a venue for everyone.  It is an urban space designed to host intimate gatherings and large-scale events; a place that will be the focal point of a Riverwalk that connects many of our city’s greatest cultural assets with an inspiring view of the […]
- [EXTRA Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/cotanchobee-fort-brooke-park/): LOCATION:  601 Old Water Street, Tampa, FL 33674 LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Hardeman Kempton & Associates, Inc. COMPLETED: 2010 SIZE: 4.5 acres ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Indigenous Occupation (pre-1500s) CURRENT USE: Public Park PHOTO CREDITS:  Randy Van Duinen, Architectural Photographer   The park name is taken from historic names used for the site. Cotanchobee is a Native American term meaning ‘where big water meets the land’, and celebrates the indigenous occupation of the land prior to invasion by the Spanish in the 1500’s. Federal forces renamed the site as Fort Brooke in the early 1800’s. Thus both are utilized in the park name. Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park is […]
- [Saint Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_19-html/): LOCATION:  506 East Harrison Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602 CLIENT:  Brush Harbor Mission / Rev. Thomas Warren Long ARCHITECT:  Unknown BUILT:  1913 SIZE:  15,000 square fee PHOTO CREDITS:  Jarango.com   The African Methodist Episcopal Church was born in protest against slavery – against dehumanization of African people, brought to the American continent as labor. In 1870 the Rev. Thomas Warren Long hiked 50 miles from Brooksville through treacherous swamps and thick woods. His mission: Organize an AME church in Tampa, as he had in other locations throughout the state. He called it Brush Harbor Mission. Two years later the mission built […]
- [The Arlington Hotel](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_22-html/): LOCATION: 1200 North Franklin Street, Tampa, FL 33602 HISTORIC RENOVATION ARCHITECT:  Stephanie Ferrell, FAIA BUILT: 1910 SIZE: 30,000 SF ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Hotel PHOTO CREDITS: Real Living   The two-story circa 1910 brick vernacular building with 31,000 square feet. The ground floor was converted into 10 units ranging from 1,200 to 1,620 square feet of retail, commercial, residential or live-work uses.   The upper floor has 11 residential units, seven of which are one-story flats ranging in size from 680 to 1,200 square feet. Four remaining units are two-story townhomes ranging from 1,200 to 1,500 square feet. The second floor originally housed the 52-room […]
- [USF CAMLS Building](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_24-html/): LOCATION:  124 South Franklin Street, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT:  The BECK Group BUILT:  2011 SIZE:  90,000 SF PHOTO CREDITS:  The BECK Group    USF Health’s Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) is dedicated to making life better by improving patient safety and health care quality through the use of simulation. This 90,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility integrates three floors of innovative simulation experience with education and research excellence to push the latest advances in health care into practice. The building’s form and major gestures were driven by semantic and figural abstractions of the human body. The porous metallic shading […]
- [Tampa Firefighters Museum](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_20-html/): LOCATION:  770 East Zack Street, Tampa, FL 33602 BUILT:  1911 ORIGINAL FUNCTION:  Tampa Fire Department Headquarters PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa Downtown Partnership  Old Number One was built in 1911 as Florida’s first stand-alone fire headquarters building.  The building was home to both the fire department headquarters and a fire station for 67 years before being replaced by the new headquarters building across the street.  In 1996 a group of active and retired firefighters helped create a museum about fire fighting, fire safety and the history of the Tampa Fire Department.  The exterior was restored revealing the handsome early 20th century brick […]
- [Glazer Children's Museum](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_17-html/): LOCATION:  110 West Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT:  Gould Evans Affiliates BUILT:  2010 SIZE:  53,000 SF COST:  $10,7000,000 PHOTO CREDITS: Randy Van Duienen, Architectural Photographer WEBSITE:  www.glazermuseum.org The Glazer Children’s Museum was designed by Gould Evans Associates in collaboration with Haizlip Studios and was built by J.O. Delotto.  The building cost $10.7 million to design and construct and was completed on April 30, 2010.  The museum is a three-story, 53,000 SF facility that emphasizes the joy of learning in an environmentally sensitive design.  Designed for children 10 years old and younger, the museum is located in Tampa’s downtown, fronting […]
- [Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_18-html/): LOCATION:509 North Marion Street, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECTS: Michael J. Miller & Francis J. Kennard BUILT: 1904-1907 ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Mediterranean Revival PHOTO CREDITS: Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church   St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church congregation was officially established on July 24, 1871.  Initially services were held at a hospital building at Fort Brooke.  In 1877 the congregation purchased the land where their church would be built for just $140.  A wood frame church was built on the site in 1883. Construction on the church you see today started in 1904 and took three years to complete. The Mediterranean Revival style building was […]
- [The Floridan Hotel](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_23-html/): LOCATION:  905 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECTS:  Francis J. Kennard & Son BUILT:  1926-1927 COST:  $1,900,000 (1927) ARCHITECTURAL STYLE:  Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals CURRENT USE:  Boutique Hotel PHOTO CREDITS : South Florida Photographer, Flickr   History Construction on the hotel began in 1926 by Francis J. Kennard & Son, Architects and the Floridan Hotel officially opened in 1927 with 19 floors and 316 rooms, at a cost of $1.9 million to build. At the time the Floridan was the tallest building in Florida and would remain the tallest building in Tampa until 1966 when the Franklin Exchange […]
- [Tampa Museum of Art](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_14-html/):   LOCATION: 120 West Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL 33602 CLIENT: City of Tampa ARCHITECT: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects, San Francisco BUILT: 2010 SIZE: 68,000 SF PHOTO CREDITS: Tampa Museum of Art WEBSITE: www.tampamuseum.org     The museum was designed by internationally renowned, California-based architect Stanley Saitowitz of Natoma Architects Inc. It was built by Skanska USA. Completed in 2010, it is 68,000 sq ft and cost $26,000,000 to design and construct.   The Architect Describes The Design Rationale The design of contemporary museums can be characterized by two polar approaches: on the one hand, building which aim to be works of art in […]
- [Oaklawn Cemetary](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_12-html/): CLIENT:  City of Tampa (Oaklawn Cemetary & the Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg (St. Louis Cemetary) FOUNDED:  April 1st, 1850 SIZE:  Approximately 1,700 graves PHOTO CREDITS:  Findagrave.com WEBSITE:  Self-Guided Walking Tours of Cemetary   Tampa’s first public burial ground was declared Historic in 1976.  The cemetary also ranks seventh in the nation in the number of Confederate soldiers’ graves. The fee to bury the dead in Oaklawn was once 2 1/2 cents a square foot per burial plot, on top of a $5 interment charge. Some prominent persons buried here include: Joseph B. Lancaster, Tampa’s first Mayor 12 other Tampa […]
- [Tampa Bay History Center](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_11-html/):   LOCATION:  801 Old Water Street, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT:  Verner Johnson BUILT:  2009 SIZE:  60,000 SF UNIQUE FACT:  First Hillsborough County-owned building registered under the LEED Green Building Rating System EXHIBITS AND THEATERS:  Christopher Chadbourne & Associates PHOTO CREDITS:  Matthew Paulson, Flickr WEBSITE:  www.tampabayhistorycenter.org The Tampa Bay History Center stands as a glass jewel overlooking the Garrison Channel and the Hillsborough River.  Located on a 2.5 acres site, it is part of the Tampa Riverwalk, a 2.2-mile stretch that will contain seven parks, 11 bridges, and five museums when the project is complete. The energy-efficient 60,000 square-foot museum reaches […]
- [The Florida Aquarium](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_10-html/): LOCATION: 701 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT: HOK, Florida BUILT: 1995 SIZE: 152,000 SF CONSTRUCTION COST:  $6,000,000 SPECIAL FACT:  Visitors can peer from above into the freshwater springs, a 12,000-gallon tank that mimics one of Florida’s springs that gush over eight billion gallons of water a day.  PHOTO CREDITS: The Florida Aquarium  WEBSITE:  www.flaquarium.org The Florida Aquarium’s glass dome roof stands out among the more traditional buildings in the Channelside District. The impressive 1,100 panel shell-shaped dome is the architectural signature of the Aquarium. The aquarium’s 152,000 sq ft are home to more than 20,000 aquatic plants and animals from […]
- [Sacred Heart Catholic Church](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_8-html/): LOCATION:  509 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602 CLIENT:  Fr. William Tyrrell, S.J / The Jesuits ARCHITECT:  Nicholas J. Clayton BUILT:  1900 – 1905 ARCHITECTURAL STYLE:  Romanesque PHOTO CREDITS:  Larry Syverson, Flickr Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church originally commissioned by the Jesuits.  In 1897, pastor William Tyrrell announced that a new church would be built. Ground was broken on February 16, 1898.  The beautiful new Romanesque style church was dedicated on January 15, 1905.  It cost $300,000 to design and build. The architect for the new Sacred Heart Church was Nicholas J. Clayton of Galveston, TX.  Clayton designed […]
- [Historic Federal Courthouse](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_7-html/): LOCATION:  601 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602 CLIENT:  U.S. Courts ARCHITECT:  James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department BUILT:  1902 – 1905, addition 1932 SIZE:  60,000 SF ORIGINAL FUNCTION:  Post Office and Customs House PHOTO CREDITS:  TravelPockets.com The United States Courthouse is the oldest significant building in Tampa originally designed for government use.  The building was originally a post office and customs house, but was converted into a courthouse in 1984.  Built in the classic Beaux-Arts style with stone and marble, the courthouse radiates formality, simplicity, order and tradition.  The entrance is flanked by 3 story columns, […]
- [The Kress Building](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_5-html/): LOCATION:  811 North Franklin Street, Tampa, FL 33602 CURRENT OWNER:  Doran Jason Group ARCHITECT:  G.E. McKay & G.A. Miller COMPLETED:  1929 ORIGINAL FUNCTION:  Department Store ARCHITECTURAL STYLE:  Renaissance PROMINENT MATERIAL:  Terra-Cotta PHOTO CREDITS: Legal Wheel, Flickr   S. H. Kress & Co. was a chain of five and dime department stores in various parts of the United States, which began operations in 1896. In 1900, the once Pennsylvania schoolteacher, Samuel H. Kress, brought the original dollar store to Tampa on Franklin Street. In 1908, he relocated to a building on Florida Avenue and in 1929 just before the Great Depression, […]
- [University of Tampa](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_3-html/): LOCATION:  401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33602 ARCHITECT:  John A. Wood BUILT: 1891 SIZE:  Original structure is 1/4 mile long and covers 6 acres ORIGINAL FUNCTION:  Hotel CURRENT USE:  College Administration Building PHOTO CREDITS:  813 Area    Beneath its soaring minarets accenting the Tampa skyline, the Tampa Bay Hotel provided its guests with the utmost in elegance and luxury in the 1900s. Today, the Henry B Plant Museum faithfully recreates the ambiance early Florida tourists experienced, down to the furnishings, lighting fixtures and art. This architectural icon has stood guard over downtown Tampa for more than 100 years. Constructed […]
- [Kiley Garden](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_2-html/): LOCATION:  Between Ashley Drive (500 North Ashley Dr.) and Hillsborough River, adjacent to Rivergate Tower, downtown Tampa LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT:  Dan Kiley BUILT: 1988 SIZE:  3.5 acres PHOTO CREDITS: The Cultural Landscape Foundation    Opened in 1988, Nations Bank Plaza, commonly known as Kiley Garden is a masterwork of its creator, pioneering modernist landscape architect Dan Kiley.  Kiley is a highly regarded landscape architect and is only one of two landscape architects to ever receive the National Medal of Arts. The rooftop garden along the Hillsborough River sits atop an underground parking garage adjacent to architect Harry C. Wolf’s iconic Rivergate Tower.  […]
- [Rivergate Tower](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_1-html/): LOCATION:  400 N. Ashley Drive, Tampa, FL 33602 CLIENT:  North Carolina National Bank ARCHITECT:  Harry Wolf, FAIA BUILT:  1988 SIZE:  32 floors, 454 feet tall COST:  $150,000,000 ORIGINAL FUNCTION:  North Carolina National Bank Headquarters PHOTO CREDITS:  Loopnet Rivergate Tower was constructed from 1986 to 1988.  It is a 454ft tall skyscraper with 32 floors and is the sixth tallest building in Tampa and one of the tallest limestone buildings in the world.   Its cylindrical shape was meant to symbolize a lighthouse on the Tampa skyline but has often led to it being referred to as the “Beer Can Building” by local […]
- [Historic Tampa City Hall](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_9-html/): LOCATION:  315 East Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33602 CLIENT:  City of Tampa ARCHITECTS:  M. Leo Elliott and B.C. Bonfoey BUILT:  1915 PHOTO CREDITS: City of Tampa Tampa’s Historic City Hall was one of many notable buildings design by architect M. Leo Elliott.  At the time he was partners with architect B.C. Bonfoey.  It was constructed by McGucken and Hyer Contractors for a mere $235,000.  The cornerstone was laid in January 1915 with Masonic ceremonies featuring Mrs. Maria Moore Post, widow of Madison Post, Tampa’s Third Mayor. Dubbed by The Tribune as ‘Tampa’s City Hall Layer Cake’, The architectural style of the building […]
- [Tampa Theatre](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/page_6-html/): LOCATION: 711 North Franklin Street, Tampa, FL 33602 CLIENT: City of Tampa ARCHITECT: John Eberson BUILT: 1926 SIZE: 1,238 seats ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Movie Theatre PHOTO CREDITS: Jennifer Kielich, Flickr WEBSITE: www.tampatheatre.org The quintessence of grand movie palace architecture, the Tampa Theatre was chosen as one of “America’s 21 Wonders” and “One of the Top Ten Iconic Showplaces in the World.”  A beloved community treasure since 1926, the Theatre was rescued from demolition in 1978 and today hosts over 700 events annually including first run and classic films, concerts by touring artists, community events, summer camps, and school field trips. Built […]
- [Downtown Tampa Virtual Tour](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/map-html/): To begin your tour, click here. This will direct you to the first stop in the Tour Tampa Bay Architecture Virtual Tour– 103 South Franklin Street. From there, you can navigate to the next location by clicking the red ‘Next Stop’ button at the bottom of the page. You can also view any of the pages individually using the Virtual Stop Directory below. The pages include photos, facts, and some even feature videos of the interior and exterior of the buildings. Enjoy your virtual tour  Downtown Tampa! Amalie Arena The Asher and Roost 101 South Franklin 103 South Franklin Glazer […]
- [Welcome](https://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/): The highlight of Tour Tampa Bay Architecture is a self-guided walking tour of significant architecture in Downtown Tampa. An interesting array of 22 historic, modern, sustainable, award-winning and critically acclaimed buildings and locations are featured. Use our website as you tour Downtown Tampa, Ybor, or Hyde Park to learn more about our city’s rich history. Tour Downtown Tampa | Tour Ybor City | Tour Hyde Park    The expansion of Tour Tampa Bay Architecture has been financed in part with historic preservation grant assistance provided by the Bureau of Historic Preservation, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State, assisted […]


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