Title

First National Bank building, Madison and Franklin Streets, Tampa, Fla., east view

Creator

Sape A Zylstra

Files

Preview

Identifier

Z03-A064

Creation Date

January 2010

Keywords

Bank buildings, Florida, Tampa, Slides, Chicago school of architecture (Movement), Color slides

Publisher

University of South Florida Tampa Library

Abstract

Except for the Floridan Hotel, this building, from 1926, is the tallest of the 1920s structures still standing. It is in many respects like the Chicago School's skyscrapers of the 1880s and 90s in its straightforward base-shaft-capitol treatment of the facade, with groundfloor mezzanine banking area and arched top windows, and with its brick and terra-cotta cladding of the steel frame. But the base especially is a concession to the Renaissance Revival style. The south and west sides are, alas, not as nice, but even the Chicago School's Louis Sullivan usually gave only two sides of a building his extensive detailing. This is a view from the east. Title supplied by cataloger. Description supplied by Sape A. Zylstra.

Description

1 online resource (1 slide col.)

Subject: geographic

Florida; Tampa; Florida; Tampa

Subject: topical

Bank buildings; Chicago school of architecture (Movement)

Type

Image

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Recommended Citation

Zylstra, Sape A, "First National Bank building, Madison and Franklin Streets, Tampa, Fla., east view" (2010). Sape A. Zylstra Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 64.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/zylstra/64