Tampa Bay Hotel - Tampa, FL - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

From Wikpedia:
"The Tampa Bay hotel was built by railroad magnet Henry B. Plant at a cost of over 2.5 million dollars.[4] It was considered the premier hotel of the eight that Mr. Plant built to anchor his rail line. The Hotel itself covers six acres and is a quarter-mile long. It was equipped with the first elevator ever installed in Florida. The elevator is still in use today making it one of the oldest continually operational elevators in the nation. The 511 rooms, some of which were actually suites consisting of between three-to-seven rooms, were the first in Florida to have electric lights and telephones. Most rooms also included private bathrooms complete with a full-size tub. The price for a room ranged from $5.00 to $15.00 a night, during a time when the average hotel in Tampa cost $1.25 to $2.00. The building’s poured concrete steel reinforced structure was advertised as totally fireproof. The grounds of the Hotel spanned 150 acres and included a golf course, bowling alley, racetrack, casino, and an indoor heated swimming pool. In all 21 buildings could be found on the hotel's campus. The Moorish Architectural theme was selected by Mr. Plant because of its exotic appeal to the widely traveled Victorians that would be his primary customers. The hotel has six minarets, four cupolas, and three domes, which total thirteen, representing the number of months in the Islamic Calendar. In the early 90's all were restored to their original stainless steel state."
The Henry B. Plant Museum is housed in the South wing of the building. The rest of the building is now Plant Hall, part of the University of Tampa.
Make time to visit the museum--it's focuses on the Victorian era and the turn of the century.

Street address: 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL USA 33606 County / Borough / Parish: Hillsborough Year listed: 1972 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Education Privately owned?: yes Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2007 To: 12/31/2007 Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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