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1211 East Thirteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

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1211 East Thirteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

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Summary

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built by Vicente M. Ybor and Ignacio Haya as a cigar manufacturing center and town. This house represents cigar factory worker housing within the larger context of the cigar manufacturing company town. This company town was planned by Gavino Gutierrez to include cigar factories, workers housing, public spaces, and commercial buildings. This Frame Vernacular residence is representative of the larger collection of worker housing in Ybor City.
Survey number: HABS FL-446
Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000641

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Date

1920
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Ybor, Vincente M
Haya, Ignacio
Gutierrez, Gavino
Calloway, Deborah, transmitter
Stewart, Jennifer, historian
Streelman, Amy, historian
Daniel, Susan, photographer
Farris, Christine, photographer
Koepnick, Brian, photographer
Stewart, Jennifer, photographer
Crile, Wes, photographer
Peck, Jo-Anne, delineator
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Location

Port Tampa Point27.96449, -82.44637
Google Map of 27.964489, -82.44637000000002
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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