Cazin Sicilia Theatre, 2001 Howard Ave., Tampa

Creator

Unknown

Files

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Creation Date

12-1931

Abstract

An exterior view of the Cazin Sicilia Theatre at 2001 Howard Ave., in Tampa, advertising the 1931 motion picture "Mounted Fury."

Keywords

Theaters, Italian Americans, Motion picture theaters

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Geographic Location

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

Physical Collection

Florida Photograph Collection

Box

16

Folder

3

Media Type

Photographs

Note

The building started as the Sicilia Club in 1929. Costing $65,000 to build, the first floor had a café, club offices, and a theater seating 800. The second floor had a dance hall and allowed people access to the theater balcony. Leon S. Cazin took over the theater for the 4th of July 1931. It stayed open until 1934 when the Sicilia Club joined with L'Unione Italiana. It stayed a theater as the Howard Theater from 1938 to around 1946, then as the Westown Theater from 1947 to 1956. Photo courtesy of Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library.

Identifier

florida_photograph_1063

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Cazin Sicilia Theatre, 2001 Howard Ave., Tampa" (1931). Florida Photograph Collection. Image 64.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/florida_photograph/64