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The West Tampa Free Public Library, more recently the West Tampa Branch Library, is a historic building in the West Tampa National Historic District in Tampa, Florida. [1] It was the first public library in Hillsborough County, Florida, when it opened on Main and Howard Avenue in 1914. [2]
Seventh Avenue served as Tampa's main library building from the day it opened until 1968. It is now home to the City of Tampa's Community Affairs Department. [11] West Tampa opened their library at 1718 North Howard Avenue. The main entrance is now located at 2312 West Union Street. [12] By 1925, Tampa's public library network had four branches.
The West Tampa Historic District is a U.S. historic district situated in the larger neighborhood of West Tampa in the city of Tampa, Florida. It is bounded by Cypress and Ivy Streets, Fremont and Habana Avenues, encompasses approximately 273 acres (1.10 km 2 ), and contains 908 historic buildings.
West Tampa was founded in 1892 by Scottish immigrant and local attorney Hugh Macfarlane, who bought 200 acres of forested land with the intention of starting a new development by luring some of the cigar factories and cigar workers from Ybor City, a very successful new immigrant community on the northeast side of Tampa.
Roughly bounded by Florida Avenue and East Fortune, Tampa, Franklin, and East Harrison Streets 27°57′15″N 82°27′37″W / 27.954167°N 82.460278°W / 27.954167; -82.460278 ( North Franklin Street Historic
Bounded by North Drane, Thomas, West Tever, Franklin, and Carey Streets 28°01′10″N 82°07′50″W / 28.019444°N 82.130556°W / 28.019444; -82.130556 ( Downtown Plant City Historic Residential
Perry Harvey Sr. Park is a hard-fought testament to Tampa’s Black history. Built at the edge of downtown in a place once called The Scrub where freed slaves settled, it features a curving ...
The West Tampa Free Public Library was built in 1914. The Tampa Public Library, built in 1915 by James. John F. Germany Public Library opened in 1968. The Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System started in 1984.