Tampa Bay Hotel

Tampa Bay Hotel is a Florida historical marker in Tampa, Hillsborough County, dedicated 1961.

West Kennedy Boulevard, University of Tampa Campus, Tampa

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Henry B. Plant built this ornate Moorish structure at a cost of $3 million. Opened in 1891, it became the social and cultural center of early Tampa. During the Spanish American War it was headquarters for troops going to Cuba and house such visitors as Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Clara Barton, Richard Harding Davis and Gen. Nelson Miles. Purchased by the City of Tampa in 1905, it has served as the main building of the University of Tampa since 1933.

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Historical maps covering this location

1860 · Johnson's Florida (1860) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1868 · Colton's Florida (1868) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · Johnson's Florida (1870) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Map of Florida. 59 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1921 · Tampa, Florida (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Johnson's Florida (1870), 1870, covering the location of Tampa Bay Hotel, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Johnson's Florida (1870), 1870, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

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