The Arlington Hotel

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 Arlington Hotel. The ground floor had the hotel’s lobby and other retail businesses. The hotel closed shortly after Badcock furniture store took over the ground floor in 1946.