Progress Village Collection - Images
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Creation Date
1-1-1950
Time Period
circa 1950s
Abstract
A street view of houses on Jefferson Street used in a Progress Village presentation to demonstrate the need for improved housing conditions in Tampa.
Keywords
Housing
Extent
1 color photograph
Subject: geographic
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Physical Collection
Box
3
Folder
15
Digital Date
2024
Media Type
Color photographs
Note
"The Scrub" neighborhood was founded by freed enslaved people after the Civil War just north of downtown Tampa and near Central Avenue's thriving Black-owned businesses including the Pyramid Hotel started by Isaac Gardner. It consisted of over 600 homes, housing workers for nearby lumber mills. It was declared a slum by the City of Tampa in the 1950s and razed to create the Central Park Village housing development. Parts of the area were razed again to build I-275 in the 1950s.
Identifier
progress_village_images_1048
Recommended Citation
Progress Village, "Housing on Jefferson Street, Tampa" (1950). Progress Village Collection - Images. Image 49.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/progress_village_images/49
Keywords
Housing
