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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5JW_the-coming-of-the-italians_Tampa-FL.html
With the advent of the cigar industry in 1886,the Italians were attracted in mass to the environsof Ybor City. They found employment in cigarfactories, the building of the Tampa Bay Hotel,the construction of railroads, and farming.
TheItalians …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5JT_historic-fire-station-no-4_Tampa-FL.html
In 1897, the first city-owned fire station in Ybor City was established on this site, then the heart of the Italian section.
It was a two- story frame building with a bell tower. Equipped with a hose - wagon and a hook and ladder truck, it also…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5JR_hotel-de-la-havana_Tampa-FL.html
During the fabulous pioneer days of Ybor City the famed Hotel De La Havana was located on this corner. The three story frame structure was the first hotel erected in the Latin Quarter. Its proprietors were Jose Rubin and Jacinto Olavarria.
The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5JO_italian-club-life-in-tampa_Tampa-FL.html
Tampa's Italians have supported a flourishingclub life almost from their first arrival in the 1880's. L'Unione Italiana, the first mutual aidsociety, was organized in 1894. Initially locateddirectly across the street, the club stood thereuntil fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5JL_l-unione-italiana_Tampa-FL.html
Tampa's first Italian-American societywas organized April 4, 1894. During itsearly years the club assisted membersthrough cultural enrichment, providingeducation, health care and financial helpto the families of deceased members.L'Unione Italiana …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5J3_ybor-centennial-park_Tampa-FL.html
On June 12, 1986, the Tampa City Council passed Ordinance No. 9297-a naming this park:"Ybor Centennial Park By Which Name It Shall Hereafter And Forever Be Known." Signed: Bob Martinez, Mayor; Sandra W. Freedman. Chairman, City Council
The ordi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5HV_la-joven-francesa-bakery_Tampa-FL.html
Francisco Ferlita, a native of Santo Stefano, Sicily, established a bakery on this site in 1896. Bread sold for three cents and five cents, and often on credit. In 1922 the wooden structure was destroyed by fire, and a yellow brick building was bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5GS_the-birth-of-ybor-city_Tampa-FL.html
In Oct. 1885, John T. Lesley sold to V. Martinez Ybor & Co. the first tract of land on which was built the original Ybor City. Purchased for $9,000 cash, Tampa citizens underwrote $4,000 of this amount to the new owners in pledged land and notes. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM548_fort-crevecoeur_Port-Saint-Joe-FL.html
(Front): In 1717, on this site, the French began erecting Fort Crévecoeur within Spanish domain. On February 8, 1718, Jean-Baptiste Lèmoyne de Bienville, acting Governor of Louisiana, dispatched his brother, Lèmoyne de Cháteagué t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM547_salt-kettle_Panama-City-FL.html
Used by the Confederaacyduring the war between the statesto recover salt from seawater
Presented byThe ConfederateSalt Works Chapterof theUnited Daughters ofThe ConfederacyDedicated April 20, 1960