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A VIEW
LOOKING
SOUTH FROM
THE TOP OF
THE BAY VIEW
HOTEL ON
JACKSON
STREET, 1913
MOUSE
OVER THE SKY
IN THE PHOTO
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IDENTIFICATION,
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AREAS AND
BUILDINGS TO
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The building
with the domed tower was
originally a Masonic Hall,
built sometime after 1903.
It was later referred to as
the "Franklin Square
Building" with office space
for rent. When a
taller section was added to
the Olive, it replaced the
auto dealership and the
Franklin Square building,
becoming the Hotel Thomas
Jefferson. The Tampa
Times building was the first
brick building in Tampa.
It was built in 1886 for
the First
National
Bank of
Tampa.
THE FRANKLIN
SQUARE
BUILDING
This 1909
panoramic
photo is
part of the
Burgert
Bros.
collection
of Wm.
Fishbaugh
photos and
can be found
at the
Library of
Congress
website.
The photo
appears to
have been
taken with
the Franklin
Square
building
intentionally
at the very
center,
between the
middle and
aft masts of
the docked
schooner.
The building
with the
domed tower
can be seen
in the
1915 Sanborn
map
at right.
All the
following
maps have
been
rotated,
south is at
the TOP, so
they better
correspond
with the
photos.
Also, the
streets have
been
narrowed to
conserve
space.
The close up
of the front
half of the
Franklin
Square
Building
below shows
the 4-story
tower is the
stairwell,
with an
elevator to
the left of
it.
The liquor
store is the
saloon from
the photo
above.
The lower
third was
vacant and
separated by
a wall on
the 1st and
2nd floor
only.
The close up
of the
signage on
the Franklin
Sq. bldg.
shows there
was a
business
college in
the
building.
It was the
"Mt. Vernon
Business
College."
ABOVE:
By 1915 the
H.T. Lykes
building at
lower left
of the photo
became the
Merchants
Hotel, along
with
plumbing
supplies and
and auto
sales
dealer.
The hotel
rooms were
on the 2nd
floor, with
more rooms
on the 2nd
floor in the
rear of the
main
building.
The Buick
dealer
appears on
the map
above as an
auto
showroom and
garage with
a 40-car
capacity.
| The first mention of Mt. Vernon Business College in the local papers was an offer for a free scholarship. |
This "Offices for Rent" ad mentions the building's location and elevator. |
The school
belonged to Mrs. L. N. Vernon of Spartanburg, SC; she was the principal. |
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| Mrs. Vernon's Tampa school was a branch of the main one located in Spartanburg, SC. It appears she made trips quite often to both schoools. |
The school offered
bookkeeping, shorthand,
typing and other commercial
branches "taught by
experts."
"Our specialty is the
training of brains."
Spanish and night school
classes started on March 4. |
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The Franklin
Square
building in
1922.
Burgert
Bros. photo
courtesy of
the
Tampa-Hillsborough
Co. Public
Library
System
THE "STRIP
MALL" AND
THE CAMERON
& BARKLEY
BUILDING--STILL
AROUND TODAY
The "strip
mall" was
built in
1903,
originally
to be
warehouses.
The 3-story
brick
building at
upper left
of the photo
was built
before 1913
for "Cameron
& Barkley
Co.
Machinery
and Mill
Supplies."
It served as
their office
and sales
room on the
first floor
and
stockrooms
on the 2nd &
3rd floors.
Notice the
Cameron &
Barkley
building had
an enclosed
spiral
staircase.
The
buildings to
the right of
it
with the
sloping
shingled
roofs were
the
iron-frame
warehouses
seen in gray
on the map.
THE CAMERON
& BARKLEY
OFFICE &
SALES
SHOWROOM
BUILDING
at 107
Franklin
St., Jun 24,
1925
Burgert
Bros. photo
courtesy of
the Tampa
Hillsborough
Co. Public
Library
System.
Mouse over
the photo to
see how it
looks today.
THE SAME AREA TODAY
The former Cameron &
Barkley building
is now the home of Hattricks
restaurant/sports bar.
The strip mall is home
to several businesses
now.
The
home of the First National Bank of
Tampa (circa 1886) was the first
brick building in Tampa.
Built in 1885 at the SW corner of
Franklin and Washington Street, the
Tampa Times later used the building
as their headquarters.
It was torn down to make way for the
Fort Brooke parking garage in 1981. |
