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Date
Spring 3-1978
Description
The four story building to the left of this photo is known as the Kress Building in downtown Tampa, Florida. Originally opened in 1900 on Franklin Street, the store was soon relocated to Florida Avenue in 1908. That store was demolished in 1929. That same year, the most recent building was built in the Renaissance Revival architectural style by G. E. McKay. Known for its two identical Renaissance Revival terra-cotta facades, the building is styled with bronze marquees, coats of arms. This historic building was once part of the S.H. Kress & Co. department store chain.
In more recent years, the building has sat downtown vacant and worn down.
Rights
This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
downtown, Tampa, The Kress Building, renaissance revival
Notes
http://www.tampapix.com/kress.htm
(accessed 7 Mar 2012)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._H._Kress_and_Co._Building_%28Tampa,_Florida%29 (accessed 7 Mar 2012)