Tampa City Hall, Tampa, Florida, Detail of Cornice

Creator

Sape A. Zylstra

Files

Preview

Creation Date

January 1980

Time Period

circa 1980s-1990s

Abstract

Built in 1915, the lower, 3-story part is topped by a plain frieze, or architrave, heavily dentilled (bracketed) cornice, and balustrade; all part of a dominant entablature visually supported by columns. Above this block rises a 5-story tower, the bottom story with arched windows and prominent keystones. The tower is topped first by a cornice, then a stepped back story (again with cornice), then a shaft with clock-faces, topped by an onion dome. From a certain distance, the tower sits on a floating platform. From another distance, one sees the latter supported by arches and piers which sink into the main block's core and must be as high as those of Roman aqueducts. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a cornice detail.

Keywords

City halls, M. Leo Elliott (1886-1967)

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-A053

Recommended Citation

Zylstra, Sape A., "Tampa City Hall, Tampa, Florida, Detail of Cornice" (1980). Sape A. Zylstra Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 53.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/zylstra/53