Pyramid Hotel, Corner of Central Avenue and Harrison Street, Tampa

Creator

Unknown

Files

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Creation Date

1920

Time Period

circa 1920s

Abstract

An exterior view of the Pyramid Hotel at the corner of Central Avenue and Harrison Street in Tampa, Florida.

Keywords

Hotels, African American business enterprises, Black businesses, African American businesses, Isaac Gardner (1880?-1995)

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Geographic Location

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Florida Photograph Collection

Box

11

Folder

3

Media Type

Photographs

Note

The Pyramid Hotel was a hotel started by Black businessman Isaac Gardner. Gardner would go on to own several businesses and hotels on the Central Avenue corridor, a main gathering place for the Black residents of Tampa. Located on the corner of Central Avenue and Harrison Streets in Tampa, it later became the Rodgers Hotel. The Central Avenue area was razed first for a public housing development called Central Park Village in the 1950s, and then again to build I-275 in the 1960s. Photo courtesy of Mr. Frank Lopez.

Identifier

florida_photograph_1020

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Pyramid Hotel, Corner of Central Avenue and Harrison Street, Tampa" (1920). Florida Photograph Collection. Image 21.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/florida_photograph/21