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United States Courthouse Building and Downtown Postal Station (Tampa, Florida)

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Built
  
1902-1905

Opened
  
1905

Architect
  
James Knox Taylor

NRHP Reference #
  
74000633

Added to NRHP
  
7 June 1974

United States Courthouse Building and Downtown Postal Station (Tampa, Florida) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Location
  
601 N. Florida Ave., Tampa, Florida

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Renaissance

Similar
  
United States Post Office, United States Post Office an, Old Fort Pierce Post Office, Doe Branch Post Office, Old Camden Post Office


The U.S. Courthouse Building and Downtown Postal Station, also known as U.S. Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House or the U.S. Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House, is a historic courthouse of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and later for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is located at 601 Florida Avenue. On June 7, 1974, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Construction on the building was completed in 1905, under the supervision of James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect `of the United States Department of the Treasury. It served as a courthouse of the Southern District of Florida from then until the creation of the Middle District in 1962, and then served as a courthouse for the Middle District of Florida until 2001. The building is now owned by the city of Tampa.

The building is now used as a hotel.

References

United States Courthouse Building and Downtown Postal Station (Tampa, Florida) Wikipedia