Tampa City Hall, 315 East Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
Summary
Significance: Tampa City Hall is a classical "layer cake" building on the National Register of Historic Places, completed in 1915 and stands today with major building components substantially intact. This building is one of the best known works of the architect, M. Leo Elliott and is one of the richest in detail of old buildings in the heart of Downtown Tampa. A four-faced clock named "Hortense the Beautiful" enjoys local landmark reputation and occupies the building's Bell Tower.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37
Survey number: HABS FL-338
Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000639
Tags
Date
1915 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Eliot, M Leo
Location
Port Tampa Point, 27.94766, -82.45723
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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