Ybor City Historic District
N 27° 57.621 W 082° 26.774
17R E 357742 N 3093652
Located in 1200 Block of E. 7th Ave
Waymark Code: WM1X51
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2007
Views: 93
Ybor City Historic District
Vicente Martinez-Ybor, a wealthy Spanish Cigar manufactor from New York and Key West, began development of Ybor City in 1885. On April 12,1886, 500 Cuban cigar makers boarded the sidewheeler Hutchinson in Key West and sailed to Tampa. Over 3,000 workers arrived by the end of 1886. Cigar factories and home construction flourished and business thrived. Ybor City became known as the "Cigar Capital Of The World".
The Ybor City Historic District includes more than 1,300 buildings, nearly a thousand of which are Historic. The buildings include the largest collection of cigar factories and related industrial structures in the United States; a major collection of commerical and commerical-residential structures; a group of ethnic clubhouses; and historic worker housing, many structures, built between 1886 and World War 1, display Spanish and Cuban influences, such as wrought-iron balconies, even though many architects in the area were "Anglos".
The Ybor City Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. For its importance in the Nation's Immigration Movement. The National Park Service declared Ybor City a National Historic Landmark District in 1990.
Sponsored by City Of Tampa Ybor City Development Corporation and Florida Department of State, Sandra B. Wortham, Secretary Of State.
Marker Number: F-388
Date: 1998
County: Hillsborough
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: Sponsored by City Of Tampa Ybor City Development Corporation and Florida Department of State, Sandra B. Wortham, Secretary Of State.
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