Francis J. Kennard

El Centro Español de Tampa
Old Polk County Courthouse
Hillsboro Bank Building in Plant City
Colonial Theatre in Bethlehem, New Hampshire as pictured on a 1920 postcard

Francis J. Kennard (March 15, 1865 - April 29, 1944[1]) was a prolific architect of many prominent buildings in Tampa, Florida. The public buildings he designed are often in the Neoclassical style. His work includes Hillsborough High School,[2] St. Andrews Episcopal Church,[3] and the Belleview-Biltmore Hotel.[4] Kennard employed the French Renaissance Revival style in his design for el Centro Español de Tampa as well as influences from Moorish Revival and Spanish Mediterranean Revival.[citation needed]

Kennard's expansion plan for the Boca Grande Hotel became the Gasparilla Inn.[5] At the opening, a contact he made later contracted for Kennard to design for the Colonial Theatre (Bethlehem, New Hampshire), called Art Deco although it predates that style's designated period.

  1. ^ Francis J Kennard gravesite
  2. ^ Hillsborough High School building Archived 2013-09-13 at the Wayback Machine Hillsborough High School Retrieved May 6, 2010
  3. ^ Rajtar, Steve (2007). "The 1900s". A Guide to Historic Tampa. The History Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-59629-253-6. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  4. ^ "Florida – Pinellas County". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference gasparilla was invoked but never defined (see the help page).