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1617 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

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1617 East Fifteenth 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-468
Building/structure dates: ca. 1915 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000641

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1915
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Ybor, Vicente M
Haya, Ignacio
Gutierrez, Gavino
Janus Research, contractor
Calloway, Deborah, transmitter
Luxon, Tiffany, photographer
Kopenick, Brian, photographer
Dizon, Geoffey, photographer
Koepnick, Brian, historian
Peck, Jo-Anne, delineator
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Location

Port Tampa Point27.96578, -82.44069
Google Map of 27.965781, -82.440686
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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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