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Tampa City Hall (1915)

315 E John F Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL

Built in 1915, it was Tampa's tallest building for about ten years and got a $16 million renovation in 2017.

📅 1915–present🏛️ Government BuildingStill here
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The story

Tampa's city hall was built in 1915 by McGucken & Hyer to designs by the firm Bonfoey & Elliott. The site is less than an acre, and from 1915 to 1925 the building was the tallest in Tampa, at 49 meters, until the Citizens Bank Building passed it. It combines Renaissance, Beaux Arts and commercial styles.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it on October 1, 1974, and the Historic American Buildings Survey documented it in 1981. A $16 million renovation was carried out in 2017. The page does not say how the building is used today.

What's There Now

The renovated 1915 building remains at the address.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

It held the title of Tampa's tallest building for about a decade.
The Historic American Buildings Survey documented it in 1981.
The Citizens Bank Building took over as the tallest in 1925.

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Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_City_Hall