Kress Building, 811 North Franklin Street, Tampa, Florida, Detail, West Facade

Creator

Sape A. Zylstra

Files

Preview

Creation Date

January 1980

Time Period

circa 1980s-1990s

Abstract

The building, from 1929, was home to the S.H. Kress and Co. five-and-ten-cent store. It features a fireproofed skeleton with concrete floors poured in place and a brick and terra-cotta cover that makes the prettiest face in town. The terra-cotta trim and details, glazed and multi-colored, on the two almost identical facades (east and west) are this building's claim to fame. The eastside of Kress has the stairwell (treated like a column) and this facade is therefore slightly asymmetrical. Since 1980, the store has been closed. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a detail of the west facade.

Keywords

Variety stores, Architectural terra-cotta, S.H. Kress & Co.

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-A071

Recommended Citation

Zylstra, Sape A., "Kress Building, 811 North Franklin Street, Tampa, Florida, Detail, West Facade" (1980). Sape A. Zylstra Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 71.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/zylstra/71