S. H. Kress and Co. Building | |
Location | 811 N. Franklin St., Tampa, Florida |
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Coordinates | 27°57′3″N 82°27′34″W / 27.95083°N 82.45944°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1928 |
Architect | G.E. Mackey |
NRHP reference No. | 83001424[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 7, 1983 |
The S. H. Kress and Co. Building is a historic 1928[2][3] building in Tampa, Florida, United States. It was part of the S. H. Kress & Co. "five and dime" department store chain. The store closed in 1981, and has since remained vacant.[3][4] on April 7, 1983, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[5]
Located at 811 N. Franklin Street, the building has a second fronting on Florida Avenue and is in the Renaissance Revival architectural style. G.E. Mackey was the four-story building's architect, and it includes masonry, suspended bronze marquee, extensive use of terra-cotta ornamentation (on both of its facades). It was "one of the last major commercial structures built in Tampa before the Great Depression".[6]
The Kress building is located between former Woolworth and J.J. Newberry stores, although the block is commonly known as the "Kress block."[7][8][9] Lunch-counter sit-ins and protests at the block were held by civil rights activists at the Woolworth store in the 1960s to protest segregated lunch counters in Tampa. Today, there is a historical marker commemorating the movement.[10]
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