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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTK7_cueto-boarding-house_Tampa-FL.html
In 2003, this historic Ybor City boarding house was relocated from 1822 E. 14th Avenue and rehabilitated as part of a project by the Federal Highway Administration and the Florida Department of Transportation incooperation [sic] with the City of T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTJC_our-lady-of-perpetual-help_Tampa-FL.html
Situated on land purchased from Vincente Martinez-Ybor with a donation from Henry Flagler, Father Philippe de Carriere, S.J. purchased this land for the local diocese to minister to the influx of Spanish speaking immigrants. In September 1890 a sm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTFM_angus-r-goss_Tampa-FL.html
In memory ofAngus R. GossNative Tampan, killed in action during World War IIatNew Georgia Islands on July 20, 1943 while serving inthe 1st Marine Raider DivisionReceived the Navy Cross and was cited for theCongressional Medal of Honor forvalor ove…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTAB_il-cimitero-dell-unione-italiana_Tampa-FL.html
L'Unione Italiana, founded in 1894 in Ybor City, institutionalized the Italian funeral in Tampa when in 1896 it purchased this property from the prominent African-American Armwood family and dedicated it as a cemetery. The first Italians were buri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8N_site-of-first-ybor-city-railroad-station_Tampa-FL.html
The station of the Plant System was located here in the early days of this budding tobacco center. During the struggle for Cuban Independence Ybor City became a nest of insurgents. Through this station passed conspirators, spies, and many notable …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSYA_first-united-methodist-church_Tampa-FL.html
On July 26, 1846, the first Methodist church in Tampa was organized with seventeen founding members. They worshipped in a primitive structure built of driftwood from nearby Fort Brooke. They called it the "Church-by-the-Sea". This structure was de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPUO_convent-of-the-holy-names_Tampa-FL.html
At midnight, July 18, 1881, two sisters Marie Augustin, Marie Maurice of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, arrived in Tampa from Key West to establish a Catholic school."They came empty handed," the first money was raised from the soldiers at Fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPA7_c-cecilia-morse_Tampa-FL.html
In 1883, as a young widow with 6 children, she moved to the Catholic colony of San Antonio, FL in Pasco County only to discover that there was no school. Telling the colony's founder "The minds of the children now here won't wait" she began teachi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPA6_st-benedict-the-moor-school_Tampa-FL.html
Located on this site was the former St. Benedict the Moor School, a Catholic school for black children that was one of the most important buildings associated with black history in Tampa. The property was purchased for $600 on March 15, 1900. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP6Z_alvar-nunez-cabeza-de-vaca_Tampa-FL.html
???Treasurer of the ill-fated Panfilo de Narvez expedition, was first to write of the discovery of Tampa Bay, April 17, 1528, calling it "Bahia de la Cruz, the best harbor in the world."???After the disastrous trek through Florida the remaining ex…