Instructions:
1....Print this file.
2....At its end, click on "rules" to see a copy of the trail rules, print it, and then click where indicated at the end of the 3-page rules and patch order form to get back to the list of Florida trails.
3....If you want a hand-drawn map showing the locations of all of the sites, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Steve Rajtar, 1614 Bimini Dr., Orlando, FL 32806.
4....Hike the trail and order whatever patches you like (optional).
WARNING - This trail may pass through one or more neighborhoods which, although full of history, may now be unsafe for individuals on foot, or which may make you feel unsafe there. Hikers have been approached by individuals who have asked for handouts or who have inquired (not always in a friendly manner) why the hikers are in their neighborhood. Drugs and other inappropriate items have been found by hikers in some neighborhoods. It is suggested that you drive the hike routes first to see if you will feel comfortable walking them and, if you don't think it's a good place for you walk, you might want to consider (1) traveling with a large group, (2) doing the route on bicycles, or (3) choosing another hike route. The degree of comfort will vary with the individual and with the time and season of the hike, so you need to make the determination using your best judgment. If you hike the trail, you accept all risks involved.
(Note: Street numbering in this section of Tampa, prior to about 1927, used 2- and 3-digit numbers. Later addresses used 4-digit numbers. Where possible, present addresses are used, but where buildings disappeared before the renumbering, the old numbers are given.)(0.0 miles so far)
The original pavilion in this park was opened by the city of West Tampa on April 25, 1909. The park is named after the head of the Macfarlane Investment Company, which attracted over two dozen large cigar firms and 50 small companies to West Tampa in the 1890s to 1920s. The original Macfarlane development began in 1892 with eleven blocks intended to be the core of West Tampa.
This section of Columbus Dr., between Howard and Himes Aves., is known as Boliche Blvd. after a classic Cuban dish.
This commercial building of J.W. Fitzgerald was completed in January of 1909.
John Drew built a four-story factory here for Andres Diaz and Company, which it occupied beginning in 1908. It produced brands Tereno, Flor de A. Diaz, and La Flor de Scott. It closed in 1925.
The building was later the home of Francisco Arrango Company and the Tampa-Cuba Cigar Company. After that, it was sold to Hoffman, Incorporated, a company dealing in rubber goods. During the 1960s, it was purchased by Amevoit Company. It was vacant from 1976 to 1980, and was then bought by Image Advertising and converted to an office building.
In 1907, Alvaro Garcia and Jose Vega opened a factory under the name of Garcia and Vega Company. They produced brands Austino, El Mas Noble, La Flor De Alvaro Garcia Longo, Garcia y Vega, and Flor de P.F. Carcaba. This is one of the last factories which produced cigars in Tampa.
The wall has the date of 1882, but it has not been verified since the state first granted the land to Antonio Perria on March 10, 1884, before the subdivision was established by John H. Drew, who sold it to Garcia and Vega in 1907.
This company was established in 1902 and after ten years in Tampa, moved here. In 1913, it was bought by Sanchez Cigar Company and moved to 701 7th Ave. in Ybor City.
The Morgan Cigar Company moved in 1905 from Seattle to the corner of Fremont Ave. and Arch St., and in 1907 moved here. This company produced only bonded cigars, with brands Juan DeFuca, Don Sebastian and F. Lozano. It was later sold to Gradiaz and Annis Company. During the 1920s, the Marsicano Cigar Company was located here. In 1991, the building was restored by Advanced Promotional Concepts, Inc.
Also at this intersection was the Exchange Cigar Company, which bought a factory here in December of 1910 for use by its 200 workers, after it moved from Tampa. They worked under general manager W.J. Fitzpatrick. It closed in January of 1913. Later that year, the factory was taken over by Francisco Bolano y Company. Shortly thereafter, the building became the home of M. Bustillo and Company, formed by Moises Bustillo and his brother, Felipe. That company produced the brand M. Bustillo Beauts. On March 2, 1914, the building was sold to the Grommes and Elson Cigar Company.
In 1895, the Barranco, Rico & Guerra Cigar Factory was located here. In November of 1904, the Balbin Brothers Cigar Company formed by brothers Gabriel, Miguel and Benigno Balbin moved here from Franklin St. in Tampa to a factory formerly used by the A. Santaella Company. 100 workers produced brands Elisardo and Balbin. The factory burned on October 2, 1910.
The company was acquired by the Tampa-Cuba Cigar Company on January 6, 1915, which remodeled and moved into a factory here. Tampa-Cuba dissolved in 1929 and the vacant factory was bought five years later by DeSoto Brewing Company, which sold it in 1940 to Empire Mercantile Company. During the late 1970s, the building was occupied by Everware Corporation, a manufacturer of vinyl goods.
A factory was built at this intersection in July of 1906 to accommodate the 200 workers of the Jose Silva Cigar Company, which had moved from 1509 Franklin St. in Tampa. It burned in April of 1909. In September of 1911 it was occupied by the Francisco Bolano y Company owned by Francisco Bolano, M.S. Greenbaum, Adolf Seckbach and Arthur Klein. They employed 75 workers.
Also at this intersection was the Salvador Rico Company, which in 1917 moved its cigar manufacturing operation from Scott St. in Tampa. In 1918, a portion of the building became occupied by the La Vista Cigar Company, which closed in 1921.
Dr. George Neson Benjamin donated land here in 1913 for construction of a public school, which was then named in his honor.
In April of 1900, this company opened a factory here and produced its brand King of the Smokers. Two years later, it moved to Tampa.
This church was organized on September 12, 1926, by Rev. Aron and Sister Frances Burney. The sanctuary was rebuilt in 1962 while Rev. George Wesley Mitchell was the pastor.
Val M. Antuono moved his company here from Tampa in 1907. It remained for five years, then moved to 1316 Spring St. Its 350 workers produced brands Duke de Belcourt and C.H.S. It was unusual in that it was an open shop with no union control.
Also at this intersection was El Merino Cigar Company, which opened here in 1913.
This company opened a cigar factory at this location in 1906.
This company led by P.G. Fernandez, Thomas Wier and J.A. Rummell opened a factory here in 1910. Until it burned down in March of 1913, it produced the brand Victor Hugo.
Also at this intersection, John Lara had opened the Lara Cigar Factory in 1901, then moved it to another location in 1904.
This company opened a cigar factory here in 1916.
This company's cigar factory opened here in 1918.
William Knowles opened a factory here in 1913. Later, he moved to another building at 1509 Albany Ave.
This company opened a cigar factory here in 1914.
The second cigar firm in West Tampa was Julius Ellinger and Company of Key West, which moved here in December of 1892, and later moved out. The factory was reoccupied in 1903 when the E.A. Kline Cigar Company moved in. It was sold in 1909 after the company's other factory in Quincy, Florida, burned.
The purchaser was the J.W. Roberts and Son Company, a large mail order firm. Soon, the surrounding area became known as Roberts City. The factory became the home in 1913 of Pedro Castro and Company, producing the brand King's Club until it closed in 1921.
J.W. Roberts manufactured cigars until 1963 and from then until 1970 limited its activities to mail order business.
This company opened a factory here in 1918.
This company opened a factory here in 1912.
The Andre, Jorrin and Sanchez Company took over the factory here in July of 1899, and a few months later was renamed Sanchez, Jorrin and Company. In 1898, it was renamed Jorrin, Castellanos and Company and moved away.
After the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, the building became the home of La Marina Cigar Company, which was owned by A. Moorhead of Chicago.
This company opened here in 1907.
A bridge was completed here in 1892 by Hugh C. Macfarlane, who then presented it to the city. It allowed easy access to his new 200-acre subdivision in West Tampa. Macfarlane had considered entering the cigar manufacturing industry in this area as early as 1886, but had to wait until the bridge was built to have adequate access to attract development.
This company opened a cigar factory here in 1912.
This church was founded in 1865, and its present sanctuary was built in 1969.
This church was built by Rev. A.W. Smith, and was renovated in September of 1956.
The proximity to Julius Ellinger's cigar factory gave this neighborhood the unofficial name of Ellinger City, or El Barrio de Elinchi. A two-story school opened at this corner on June 14, 1914, named after Ellinger. It was renamed in 1916 after Hugh Campbell Macfarlane. This later became the site of the G.W. Carver Center.
Also on a portion of this site was the Robert Sullivan Cigar Factory, located here form 1901 to 1924.
This congregation organized on May 31, 1910. The church was rebuilt in 1939 while Rev. J.B. Lake was the pastor. The present sanctuary was built further south on this block in 1980.
A three-story cigar factory opened here in May of 1894, built by George Benjamin for $5,000. It accommodated 60 workers of the Teodoro Perez Cigar Company. That company later merged with the Liborio J. Napolis Cigar Company.
The Monroe Cigar Company opened for business here in 1896 with 135 workers. It produced brands El Fuente De Cayo Huesco and El Grand Central. In 1902, it was bought by Juan Ebra, resulting in the firm of Ebra and Madiedo. It produced brands El Poder De Edison, Bella Mia, Evarina, Tampa Bouquet, Fuente De Cayso Hueso, and La Rissada. The company was acquired by the O'Halloran Cigar Company in 1903.
The Tampa Cigar Company moved here in 1894, a project of developer George N. Benjamin. In 1905 it merged with A. Symonette and Brothers.
A cigar company was formed in 1893 by George Benjamin and Phillip Collins, and produced brands Rio De Tampa, La Favorita and La Pureza. It occupied a factory here from 1895 to 1903. During July of that year, Cosio, Cortes and Company moved into 58 Rome Ave. from Chicago and renamed itself Cosio and Company three months later. It produced brands La Establa, La Sira and La Sinificia. The company moved to Ybor City in 1906.
Also during 1903, El Alba Cigar Company commenced operations in 60 Rome Ave.
In October of 1905, A. Symonette and Brothers, a Key West company, merged with the Tampa Cigar Company and moved its 50 workers into the factory here. The resulting company was renamed A. Symonette and Tampa Cigar Company, with George Benjamin serving as its president. The company was later bought by Havana Claro Company and moved to Tampa.
Briefly, Andres Diaz and Company of New York occupied a factory here. At the same intersection, Y.C. Madad Cigar Company opened a factory in 1906.
This company opened a factory here in 1918.
Blas O'Halloran, Jr. established his cigar factory here in 1912. He served as a city councilman from 1913 to 1917, and thereafter as mayor.
This firm opened a factory here in April of 1911 and closed it in 1914. Two years later, it was reopened by J. Vidal Cruz and Son.
John Lara moved his cigar factory here in 1904 from the corner of N. Boulevard and Chestnut St. It closed in 1905.
This sanctuary was built in 1940 while Rev. V.W.C. Johnson was the pastor.
A cigar factory was opened here in 1913 by J.M. Lopez.
A school for black children was built here in 1914. Iola Henderson was its principal.
This company built a new factory here in 1904 and moved its operation from New York into it. 400 workers produced brands Don Cosme, Jose Vila, La Sinceridad, La Evidencia, Marc Anthony, and Light It. The building was sold on May 22, 1910, to the Morgan Cigar Company.
In 1914, Morgan expanded the factory to accommodate 1000 workers. They produced the brands Juan De Fuca, Independente, F. Lozano, Wall's Court and Don Sebastian.
This company opened a factory here in 1900.
This building was erected in the early 1900s and housed the Progresso Importing Company.
This cigar factory opened in 1918.
During the 1920s, this building contained both the Eimerbrink Company owned by Harry C. Eimerbrink, and the Tampa-Cuba Cigar Company owned by F.E. Schmist.
This part of West Tampa was developed by George N. Benjamin beginning in 1892. It contained many cigar workers' homes, built for a cost of $400 each.
Until September of 1904, this company occuped the old Joyce Cigar Company building located on Rock Rd. between Ybor City and Tampa. It moved its 400 workers here to a new modern facility. This company had been founded in New York in 1886 and produced brands El Sidelo and Harvester. In December of 1909, this company started building another factory at the corner of Howard Ave. and Cypress St., which burned in May of 1910 before it was completed.
The factory was later occupied by 150 workers of the Balbin Brothers Cigar Company. That company was sold in1915 to the Tampa-Cuba Cigar Company.
This company opened a branch factory here in May of 1905 and closed it in February of 1906. Six months later, a portion of the building was leased to Fernandez, Reich and Brunner who produced cigars under the brand FRB.
In April of 1906, another portion was occupied by the Thomas Englehart Company, which employed 100 workers making the brand El Englo. This operation closed in 1913.
Also at this intersection was Arturo Fuente and Company which moved here in 1920, and the following year began to produce the brand Miss Tampa. The firm consolidated with Salvador and Rico and produced brands USA-CUBA, Flor de Salvador Rico, Flor de Rico, Tampa Elite, Fuente, Garcia Bouquet, and Tampa Sweethearts. The factory burned in late 1924.
A cigar factory here was operated by Fernandez, Reich and Brunner, who sold it in May of 1906 to the Charles Jacobs Company. It was renamed Carlos Fernandez Company and produced brands Las Palmas, Flor De Carlos, FRB and El Sello. It closed in 1909.
This cigar factory was built between 1900 and 1910 with an unusual octagonal tower. It contained the water tank and sprinkler system for fire prevention. Later, the building housed the Sunstate Sportswear Company.
The Garcia cigar factory at this intersection was reoccupied when the Berriman Brothers Cigar Company moved in during July of 1903. In 1904, it became the home of La Compania Dominguez when its factory burned down. That company produced brands Selector, Garantiza, and Flor de Martinez. The factory was sold in April of 1909 to the Santos Buzaglo Company.
This company moved here from Ybor City in October of 1905 to one of the Drew-Henderson-Harris buildings at this intersection, and employed 150 workers. The company merged in 1909 with Laureano Sanchez and Company, and that year the building became the home of El Provendo Cigar Company. Its 200 workers produced the brand Flor de Gibsonaro until it closed in 1910.
This company moved its cigar manufacturing operation here from Tampa in 1905. Two years later, it merged with La Noticia Cigar Company and moved back to Tampa.
In 1907, the George Themelis Company bought the building and started its own operation. It imported Turkish tobacco for the manufacture of Egyptian cigarettes. It burned on January 9, 1909.
In 1898, Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders camped on this later site of the National Guard armory while awaiting transportation to Cuba. Roosevelt's 1,200 troops included ranchers, hunters, socialites, polo players, Indians, cowboys, lawmen, trappers, and others.
After moving from Pine St. in 1918, this company briefly manufactured cigars before its factory here burned in April of 1918.
This company opened a cigar factory here in 1914.
This company moved here in 1924 from its earlier location on Laurel St.
This school opened in 1979 with Mary Kent as its principal. Later, it became a part of the county's Alternative Education Program as a school for teenage mothers and pregnant teens.
This company opened a factory here in 1912.
This company opened a factory here in 1912. In 1920, it moved to the corner of Albany Ave. and Nassau St.
This company was manufacturing cigars here in the mid-1920s.
A brick cigar factory was built at this intersection in 1911 to accommodate the 450 workers of the Boltz and Clymer Cigar Company. They produced brands El Pallencia, El Merito, Flor de Americano, and Enterprise. This company's cigars were shipped aboard the first commercial air line from Tampa to St. Petersburg. The factory closed in March of 1916. It was reopened in 1918 by the Manuel Alvarez Cigar Company, whose 200 workers produced the brands Recollection and Personality. Later, the company was acquired by Porto Ricon-American Tobacco Company.
This company moved to a frame building here in 1907 and produced the brand Beu-Bey. It closed in late 1908 or early 1909. Also at this intersection was the Boltz and Clymer Cigar Company, which opened a factory here in 1910, and moved out in 1911.
Estauislas F. O'Halloran built this one and one-half story frame home in 1904. One of its residents was Blas F. O'Halloran, manager of the O'Halloran Cigar Factory.
This company had a cigar factory here until 1899.
Located here was an extensive mission to serve the large Italian community. There was an Italian Club in West Tampa in operation before 1920, then it closed, and reopened in the 1930s.
This company moved here from New York and established a cigar factory on October 15, 1902. Fifty workers produced brands La Flor De L. Sanchez, La Belle Marie, De Cervantes, La Serene, and Magno. The factory burned down in 1904 and the business relocated at the corner of Armenia Ave. and Walnut St. Don Laureano was added as a brand and in January of 1909 it merged with Sanchez and Hermanos and Company. It went out of business during the Depression.
This company opened a branch factory here in the old Stadecker and DeArmas factory building. Brands produced included La Mega, and La Flor De V. Guerra, Diaz and Company. They moved out in 1904.
In November of 1904, Jose Fernandez left the Fernandez and Hermanos Cigar Company which had a factory on the corner of Howard Ave. and Union St. He and his brother formed Fernandez Brothers and Company and opened a factory at this intersection. They went out of business in 1905.
Antonio Santaella from Seville, Spain, and Sol Hamburger from Bavaria owned this company, which opened a factory here in 1908. It did well in the 1920s and 1930s, and opened another facility in Clearwater in 1946. It was sold in 1955 to the Universal Cigar Corporation. The factory shut down in 1989, and the business moved to New Jersey.
Located here was a building erected by the Macfarlane Investment Company in 1904. It burned down in 1915.
This one-story brick building dates to 1932, during the decline of the cigar industry in West Tampa.
Earlier at this intersection was the factory of La Compania Dominquez Cigar Company, which moved in October of 1900 from Bartow to Rome Ave., and in 1902 moved here. It produced brands Abou Ben Adhem, Royal Egypt, La Flor de la Compania Dominquez, and La Finoa. It was acquired by another company and moved to Tampa in 1903.
The three-story frame building was sold on November 2, 1903, to J.M. Martinez and Company, which moved its 150 workers in early 1904. It burned down on April 4, 1904, just one of the 130 buildings over 25 acres that were destroyed by the fire which started in Robert Mugge's bowling alley on Pine St. near Howard Ave. The company quickly moved into the old Berriman Brothers factory.
This was the site of the family cigar firm of Laureano Sanchez. Also at this intersection was the Severo D. Armas Cigar Company, which moved here from Key West in June of 1894, and employed 68 workers.
Another firm located at this intersection was the Leopold Powell Cigar Company, which opened a branch factory with 200 workers here in November of 1902 and produced the brand Espina. A year later, it purchased the A. Santaella Company factory and moved into it. It closed in June of 1906.
The Powell building at this intersection became the home of V. Guerra, Diaz and Company beginning in early 1904. It burned on April 4, 1904. In 1913, it was bought by the San Martin and Leon Company, who occupied it and produced brands Flor de San Martin and Leon, El Briche, and Hoyo de Cuba. That company closed in 1928.
A cigar factory on this corner was in operation by 1895. In June of 1903, it was leased to Caro and Company, whose 200 workers produced brand La Facultad until the factory closed in 1906. During the following year, the M. Perez Cigar Company moved in here and continued in business until 1910. The building was occupied in the 1920s by Enrique Henriques Cigar Company.
A branch factory was opened at this intersection in 1907 by the Armada Cigar Company of New York. Their notable product was a cigarette with a cork tip, an early attempt at filter cigarettes.
The largest cigar company in West Tampa was the Tampa-Cuba Cigar Company, organized by H.B. Guilford, Ernest Berger and Emilio Pons, and opened a factory at this intersection. Later, it acquired the Balbin Brothers Cigar Company and moved into its factory.
This company opened a cigar factory here in 1908.
The Cuesta-Rey Company was started in Atlanta in 1883, and moved to Port Tampa in 1893 and Ybor City in 1894. In April of 1896, it mvoed here and produced brands Ponce De Leon, La Favorita De Tampa, La Flor De Cuesta Rey, Unica, El Dedicado, and El Ancio. An x-ray machine was used to inspect the cigars for insects and other imperfections.
The company was named an official purveyor to the court of Spain in 1914, and the following year bought adjacent land on which it built homes for workers. It expanded to an annex across the street in 1913. At its peak, it employed over 1000 workers.
The company was bought in 1959 by J. Newman and the Standard Cigar Company. The original building was used for a warehouse until 1975, when it was sold to Joseph Demmi. A fire damaged it in December of that year, and it was torn down in 1986.
El Centro Espanol was a mutual benefit society founded on September 7, 1891, and headquartered in Ybor City. This clubhouse was built in 1912 and dedicated on January 11, 1913, for the members who lived in West Tampa. El Centro was the oldest of the city's Latin clubs. This building has a Mediterranean Revival style with Moorish details of yellow and red brick. Other features include the wrought iron balcony, terra cotta and brick cornice, and a gable and hip tile roof.
This building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1974.
The Gil C.M. plant was one of the major ones built before 1910. Later, the building became the home of Frayne Sportswear.
This club had its home on Main St. for about 20 years before moving to this address when the present building was completed in 1930.
This two-story Italian palazzo brick building was erected in 1904-05 by the Macfarlane Investment Company. The portion at 1902 was a restaurant for over 50 years, 1904 was a hotel on the second floor, 1906 was a series of small shops, and 1908 was primarily a drug store.
This building was erected in about 1903 to house the Prisciliens C. Fernandez Cigar Company. It later became an office of the Macfarlane Investment Company. A bakery annex was added to the rear of the building in 1931.
Howard Avenue is named for Howard Macfarlane, the son of Hugh C. Macfarlane, the individual largely responsible for the development of West Tampa.
West Tampa was first called Pino City, founded by brothers Manuel and Fernando J. del Pino. They established their first cigar factory here in June of 1892 with 60 workers. Because of lack of access, housing and transportation, it shut down in 1893. Later that year, O'Halloran Cigar Company moved from Chicago into the vacant building. This company was the only one to remain open during the Spanish-American War when tobacco from Havana was unobtainable.
The O'Halloran factory burned down in 1901 as a result of arson during a workers' strike. In July of the following year, Fernandez Hermanos y Ca opened a factory here for its 300 workers. It produced the brands Independente, Key West, Fastido, and Vanderbilt. That business closed in 1909, and it burned down in May of that year.
In 1913, this became the site of the West Tampa Public Library, a Carnegie project.
This two-story masonry building was constructed in 1900. It sits on the eastern portion of a proposed plaza which hugh Macfarlane intended to be the center of West Tampa. It would have extended west through Howard Ave. to Adele St., which was eliminated when Howard was later widened.
This block, including the theater, was West Tampa's main business block of the 1920s.
This building was erected in 1905 and was the home of the Bank of Tampa, established in 1906 by the Macfarlane group headed by Alonso C. Clewis.
At this intersection was West Tampa's first dry goods store, El Sombrero Blanco, which opened in 1895. Ysolina St. formed the eastern border of the proposed plaza which was eliminated with the widening of Howard Ave.
This company opened a cigar factory here in 1918.
West Tampa incorporated as a separate municipality on May 18, 1895, rather than merely becoming a neighborhood of Tampa.
In June of 1899, the West Tampa City Hall was built here, replacing the prior one at the southeast corner of Rome Ave. and Green St.
This company began producing cigars here in 1918.
This land was sold by the Macfarlane Investment Company for the construction of the first church school in West Tampa. Sponsored by the Order of the Sisters of the Holy Name, it opened on September 14, 1896. During the Spanish-American War, classes ceased and the building was used as a hospital.
It was taken over by the Salesian Order, which renamed the school St. Joseph's. The building was later converted to this church.
Pendas and Alvarez were doing business since 1897 at 1416 Spring St. in Tampa. The company moved here in May of 1909 into a new factory designed by Fred J. James. It had clocks on all four sides of its seven-story water tower and accommodated 700 workers.
The factory closed during the general strike in 1910, reopened in January of 1911, and closed in December of 1918. It produced brands La Mia, Webster, Farragut, Flor de Y Pendas, and Alvarez.
The building was then purchased by E. Regensburg and Sons on May 20, 1920. The Hillsborough Box Company bought it in 1946.
A two-story hotel was built here in 1909 by Valentin Bustillo and his brother, Felipe.
This building was erected in about 1905, and for years was the home of E. Regensburg and Sons.
This company's cigar factory was located here in 1896. A branch of West Tampa street railway began running along Beach St. in 1895, making this a more popular area in which to build.
This company opened here in 1908.
This school opened in February of 1987 with Carl Barron as its principal. At the same time, Macfarlane Park Elementary School was closed and its students were transferred here.
On this site was located the A.L. Cuesta School, named after Angel Cuesta who donated $20,000 for its construction. In 1914, a $14,000 addition was built.
The junior high school was built here in 1927 by F.J. Kennard and Son. A year later, it was renamed Macfarlane Junior High School. It became West Tampa Junior High School in 1949, and West Tampa Middle School in 1979. It was torn down in 1988.
A Guide to National Register Sites in Florida, (Florida Department of State 1984)
An Uncommon Guide to Florida, by Nina McGuire (Tailored Tours Publications, Inc. 1992)
Ciudad de Cigars: West Tampa, by Armando Mendez (1994)
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail, (Florida Department of State 1994)
Florida's History Through Its Places: Properties in the National Register of Historic Places, by Morton D. Winsberg (Florida State University 1988)
Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, (University of Florida Press 1989)
Historic Overview of West Tampa: General History, by M.C. Leonard (Hillsborough Community College 1978)
Historic Overview of West Tampa: Subdivision Sections, by M.C. Leonard (Hillsborough Community College 1978)
Tampa That Was ... History and Chronology Through 1946, by Evanell Klintworth Powell (Star Publishing Company, Inc. 1973)
Wish You Were Here: A Grand Tour of Early Florida Via Old Post Cards, by Hampton Dunn (Byron Kennedy and Company 1981)
The Ybor City Story (1885-1954), by Jose Rivero Muniz