Tampa Bay Hotel, 401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Florida

Creator

Sape A. Zylstra

Files

Preview

Creation Date

January 1980

Time Period

circa 1980s-1990s

Abstract

Henry Flagler had this built in 1891 during the first building boom in Tampa. Flagler chose as architect J. A. Wood. Flagler had already built the Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine. The Tampa Bay Hotel was meant to surpass everything else in exotic luxury. The Alhambra was thought to be inspiration for it. The most prominent motif is that of the ogee or horseshoe arch. It is seen over window and door openings, in the trellis trim for verandas, and in the turrets which, whether round or square in plan, are ogee in section. Now part of the University of Tampa, the monolithic, polished stone columns and carved wooden balustrades are still in place, but much else in the interior was changed when the hotel was renovated for use as a university. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Keywords

Hotels, Minarets, Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913), Tampa Bay Hotel (Tampa Fla.)

Extent

1 color slide

Geographic Location

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

Physical Collection

Sape A. Zylstra Collection of Tampa Architectural Slides

Box

1

Media Type

Color slides

Note

Title supplied by cataloger. Description supplied by Sape A. Zylstra.

Identifier

Z03-A020

Recommended Citation

Zylstra, Sape A., "Tampa Bay Hotel, 401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Florida" (1980). Sape A. Zylstra Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 20.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/zylstra/20