1216 East Twelfth Avenue (Boarding House), 1216 East Twelfth Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built by Vicente M. Ybor and Ignacio Haya as a cigar-manufacturing center and town. This company town was planned by Gavino Gutierrez to include cigar factories, workers housing, public spaces, and commercial buildings. This district is significant for its importance to Tampa's architectural heritage, as it contains many of the City's best remaining examples of late-nineteenth century and early-twentieth century domestic, religious, commercial, and industrial buildings. This house represents cigar factory worker housing within the larger context of the cigar manufacturing company town.
Survey number: HABS FL-556
Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000641