National Historic Landmark · Tampa, Florida

El Centro Espanol de Tampa

Added to the National Register in 1988, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic Landmark Listed 1988 Moorish Revival architecture

Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

The record

Property type	Building
Address	1526--1536 E. Seventh Ave., Tampa, FL
County	Hillsborough
Listed	Jun 3, 1988
Listed for	Hispanic heritage
Level of significance	National
Reference number	88001823
Type of place	building
Style	Moorish Revival architecture, Mediterranean Revival architecture
Designations	National Historic Landmark
Contributing resources	1 building

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

Visiting

Address	1526--1536 E. Seventh Ave., Tampa, FL
Coordinates	27.9603° N, 82.4419° W · Directions ↗
Also in Tampa	81 listed places in Tampa → · walking tour →
Nearest national park unit	De Soto National Memorial · 33 miles · 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.

At a glance

State: Florida
County: Hillsborough
Listed: 1988
Type: Building
Landmark: Yes

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Haunted Tampa
Deborah Frethem, 2015
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Tampa Bay Landmarks and Destinations
Joshua Mcmorrow-Hernadez, 2015
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African Americans of Tampa
Ersula Knox Odom, 2014
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Jews of Tampa
Rob Norman and Marcia Jo Zerivitz, 2013
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Guidebooks to historic places in Florida

Florida's Museums and Cultural Attractions
Murray D. Laurie and Doris Bardon, 2016
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Historical Traveler's Guide to Florida
Eliot Kleinberg, 2015
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Forts of Florida
Rodney P. Carlisle, 2012
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Reference

Questions people ask

When was El Centro Espanol de Tampa listed on the National Register?

Jun 3, 1988. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is El Centro Espanol de Tampa?

1526--1536 E. Seventh Ave., Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida. The nearest national park unit is De Soto National Memorial, 33 miles away.

Source: De Soto National Memorial

Where is the nomination form for El Centro Espanol de Tampa?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Is there cell service at El Centro Espanol de Tampa?

FCC coverage maps show Verizon 5G, AT&T 5G, and T-Mobile 5G at the listed point. Coverage indoors and behind old masonry is another matter.

Source: FCC Broadband Map

Sources

Location, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet where it carries the listing. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 88001823. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.