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1916 West Laurel Street (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL



B&W Photos

HB340041
BWPhotos 208025
HB340042
BWPhotos 208026
HB340043
BWPhotos 208027
HB340044
BWPhotos 208028

HB340045
BWPhotos 208029
HB340046
BWPhotos 208030
HB340047
BWPhotos 208031
HB340048
BWPhotos 208032


Item Title
BWPhotos 208032

Location
Tampa, FL

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS FL-486
Building/structure dates: 1920 initial construction
Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the West Tampa National Register Historic District. This ca. 1920 two-story camel-back Bungalow was altered on the front (north) facade sometime prior to 1990. The front facade was stuccoes with an "art stone" appearance. Some historic features that remain intact include wood drop siding on the remaining facades and original elements from the front porch (brick piers, wood railing, and pierced wood cornice). The city of West Tampa was established in 1895 as a community adjacent to, but separate from, the City of Tampa and remained an incorporated city for thirty years. Like Ybor City, West Tampa was originally developed to promote the cigar industry in Tampa. In 1887, a group of Tampa businessmen, led by Tampa lawyer Hugh C. Macfarlane, began to promote the area west of the Hillsborough River as a possible location for a second cigar manufacturing center. They were successful as cigar factories, social clubs, schools, residences, commercial buildings and other public institutions were constructed. Most of the housing consisted of wood frame vernacular rowhouses and bungalows. This house is a good example of the two-story camel-back Bungalow found occasionally in West Tampa.

Subjects
Houses
Domestic Life


Related Names
Bailes, Penny Rogo, Photographer
Schwarz, Rebecca Spain, Historian


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

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