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| Ybor City of Yesterday | |||||||||||||||||||
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| When Vicente Ybor built this three-story factory in 1886, it was the tallest building in the Tampa area. The June 9, 1886 issue of the Tampa Guardian declared that there was "not a more substanial structure in the state of Florida." | |||||||||||||||||||
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The cigar worker's hosue, an excellent example of the "shotgun" house in which many cigar makers lived, reflects family life in the early part of the 20th century. These homes were called "shotgun" because of the long, narrow frame, they rented for $1.50 to $2.50 per week and sold from anywhere between $400.00 and $900.00. |
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| L' Unione Italiana was founded in 1894. The $80,000.00 italian Renaissance-style building feathring classical columns, terra cotta relief and marble, included a theatre, dance floor, library, cantina (bar) and bowling alley. |
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| Ybor City is one of the most ditinctive historic districts in the United States. Although, like northern industrial cities, it was the site of the late 19th-century immigration, the city took on its own unique character. | |||||||||||||||||||
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