National Historic Landmark · historic district · Tampa, Florida

916 East Twelfth Avenue (House)

Historic district in Florida, United States in Tampa, Florida. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.

B. F. Marcos Building, 1610 East Seventh Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL HABS FLA,29-TAMP,13- (sheet 1 of 2)B. F. Marcos Building, 1610 East Seventh Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL HABS FLA,29-TAMP,13- (sheet 2 of 2)Casitas (homes for cigar workers in the late 1800s) at the Musueum, Ybor City, TampaCentro Ybor, Ybor City, Tampa, Florida
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Ybor City Historic District

The Ybor City Historic District is a U.S. National Historic Landmark District located in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida. The district is bounded by 6th Avenue, 13th Street, 10th Avenue and 22nd Street, East Broadway between 13th and 22nd Streets. Ybor City contains a total of 956 historic buildings, including an unparalleled collection of architecture with Spanish-Cuban influence, as well as historic cigar factory buildings and associated infrastructure. The area was developed by businessman Vicente Martinez Ybor beginning in 1886, and was for a time the world's leading supplier of cigars.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressRoughly bounded by 6th Ave., 13th St., 10th Ave. and 22nd St., E. Broadway between 13th and 22nd Sts., Tampa, FL
CountyHillsborough
ListedAug 28, 1974
Reference number74000641
Type of placehistoric district
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources956 buildings, 1 sites
StandingNo, demolished or destroyed

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
AddressRoughly bounded by 6th Ave., 13th St., 10th Ave. and 22nd St., E. Broadway between 13th and 22nd Sts., Tampa, FL
Coordinates27.96430, -82.44992 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitDe Soto National Memorial · 33 mi · on Park Atlas
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74000641. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.