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HABS FLA,29-TAMP,3A- (sheet 12 of 13) - Tampa Bay Hotel, 401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
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University of Tampa, sponsor
Black, Reed Alan, delineator
Title
HABS FLA,29-TAMP,3A- (sheet 12 of 13) - Tampa Bay Hotel, 401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
Depicted place Florida; Hillsborough County; Tampa
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS FLA,29-TAMP,3A- (sheet 12 of 13)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • 1983 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place
  • Significance: Henry Bradley Plant, whose railroad and steamship lines opened up Florida's west coast for development, commissioned the luxurious Tampa Bay Hotel in 1888 as the premier hotel in his chain of resorts. Architect and builder, J.A. Wood, designed this unique hotel in the Moorish style incorporating the keyhole arch motif and crescent moons crowning thirteen onion-domed minarets. Cast concrete sill courses and skewbacks detail the massive brick walls which support an innovative floor system of steel, concrete and salvaged narrow gauge railroad rails. Details worthy of note are the wooden tracery of the piazzas and the interior trim and mantelpieces. After opening in 1891, this resort played host to many rich and famous personalities including Anna Povlova, Babe Ruth and Clara Barton. The City of Tampa bought the building after Mr. Plant's death in 1899 and leased it as a hotel until 1933 when the financially troubled hotel was leased to the newly founded University of Tampa. Today the hotel, renamed Plant Hall, houses the university's administration and classrooms. The only major alteration is the addition of rooms on the second floor, which was originally open to the lobby below. The domed music room, grand salon and main dining room are the building's most significant spaces and remain unaltered.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67
  • Survey number: HABS FL-362
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 72000322.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fl0294.sheet.00012a
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Object location27° 56′ 49.99″ N, 82° 27′ 30.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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