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Tampa Tribune Building (Lafayette Street)

507 E Lafayette St, Tampa, FL

The Tribune built an Art Nouveau headquarters in 1935, left for Parker Street in 1975, and saw it demolished in 1977 for a 20-story tower.

📅 1935–1975🏛️ Office BuildingDemolished
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The story

The Tampa Tribune first appeared in 1895, started by Col. W.F. Stovall and other board members. Its early offices were on the second floor of the Tampa Drug Company at 309 Washington Street. In 1935 the Tribune Company bought land at Lafayette and Morgan and built its headquarters at 507 Lafayette Street, now Kennedy Boulevard. Adams and Hamilton designed the Art Nouveau building.

Media General acquired the paper in 1967, and in 1975 the Tribune moved to a new plant on Parker Street. The old building was demolished in 1977. The 20-story 501 East Kennedy Tower opened on the site in 1981 at a cost of about $25 million. By 2021 it was BMO Harris Plaza and held WeWork offices.

What's There Now

The 501 East Kennedy Tower, later BMO Harris Plaza, stands on the site.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

Stovall sold the paper in 1925 after publishing it for 32 years.
The Tribune sat at Lafayette and Morgan, and Lafayette is now Kennedy Boulevard.
The replacement tower cost about $25 million.

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