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Item Title
1617 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
Location
Tampa, FL
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS FL-468
Building/structure dates:
1915 initial construction
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 house represents cigar factory worker housing within the larger context of the cigar manufacturing company town. This company town was planned by Gavino Gutierrez to include cigar factories, workers housing, public spaces, and commercial buildings. This Frame Vernacular residence is representative of the larger collection of worker housing in Ybor City.
Subjects
HousesWooden BuildingsDomestic Life
Related Names
Ybor, Vicente M.
Haya, Ignacio
Gutierrez, Gavino
Luxon, Tiffany, Photographer
Kopenick, Brian, Photographer
Dizon, Geoffey, Photographer
Koepnick, Brian, Historian
Peck, Jo-Anne, Delineator
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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