National Historic Landmark · hotel · Tampa, Florida

Tampa Bay Hotel

United States historic place in Tampa, Florida. Added to the National Register in 1972, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1972Moorish Revival architectureJ. A. Wood
Tampa Bay Hotel
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

What it is

Wikipedia · Henry B. Plant Museum

The Henry B. Plant Museum is located in the south wing of Plant Hall on the University of Tampa's campus. It is located at 401 West Kennedy Boulevard in Tampa, Florida. Plant Hall was originally built by Henry B. Plant as the Tampa Bay Hotel; a 511-room resort-style hotel that opened on February 5, 1891, near the terminus of the Plant System rail line, also forged and owned by Plant. The Plant Museum's exhibits focus on historical Gilded Age tourism in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, the elite lifestyle of the hotel's guests, and the Tampa Bay Hotel's use during the Spanish–American War. As such, the Plant Museum is set up in the Historic House Museum style. Exhibits display artifacts in a manner that reflects the original placement and usage within the related historic building.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL
CountyHillsborough
ListedDec 5, 1972
Reference number72000322
ArchitectJ. A. Wood
Type of placehotel, museum
StyleMoorish Revival architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings
StandingYes

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

Visiting

Open to the public
Address401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL
Websiteplantmuseum.com ↗
Coordinates27.94668, -82.46414 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitDe Soto National Memorial · 31 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Reference

Exists because it is true

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 72000322. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.