Kress, S.H., and Co. Building, 1929, (NR 8HI 752) Zylastra, Sape A., photographer : McKay , G. E., Miller,G. A., architects University of South Florida -- Tampa Campus Library still image Color photographs Tampa, Fla. : University of South Florida, Tampa Library 1929 eng A fire proofed skeleton with concrete floors poured in place. Brick and terra-cotta cover: the prettiest face in town. The terra-cotta trim and details, glazed and multi-colored, on the two almost identical facades (east and west) are this building's claim to fame, and it is the terracotta ornamental facing of several Tampa buildings of the 20s that enlivened the urban scenery: Tamp Gas ('23), Tampa Theater ('25), and First National Bank ('26) to name a few. The eastside of Kress has the stairwell (treated like a column) and this facade is therefore slightly asymmetrical. Since 1980, the store has been closed. [SAZ]; East facade A fire proofed skeleton with concrete floors poured in place. Brick and terra-cotta cover: the prettiest face in town. The terra-cotta trim and details, glazed and multi-colored, on the two almost identical facades (east and west) are this building's claim to fame, and it is the terracotta ornamental facing of several Tampa buildings of the 20s that enlivened the urban scenery: Tamp Gas ('23), Tampa Theater ('25), and First National Bank ('26) to name a few. The eastside of Kress has the stairwell (treated like a column) and this facade is therefore slightly asymmetrical. Since 1980, the store has been closed. [SAZ]; East facade S. H. Kress & Company (Tampa, Fla.) -- Photographs Renaissance Stores, Retail -- Florida -- Tampa -- Photographs Sape A. Zylstra Architectural Slides Collection
Kress, S.H., and Co. Building, 1929, (NR 8HI 752)
Zylastra, Sape A., photographer : McKay , G. E., Miller,G. A., architects
University of South Florida -- Tampa Campus Library
still image
Color photographs
Tampa, Fla. : University of South Florida, Tampa Library
1929
eng
A fire proofed skeleton with concrete floors poured in place. Brick and terra-cotta cover: the prettiest face in town. The terra-cotta trim and details, glazed and multi-colored, on the two almost identical facades (east and west) are this building's claim to fame, and it is the terracotta ornamental facing of several Tampa buildings of the 20s that enlivened the urban scenery: Tamp Gas ('23), Tampa Theater ('25), and First National Bank ('26) to name a few. The eastside of Kress has the stairwell (treated like a column) and this facade is therefore slightly asymmetrical. Since 1980, the store has been closed. [SAZ]; East facade
A fire proofed skeleton with concrete floors poured in place. Brick and terra-cotta cover: the prettiest face in town. The terra-cotta trim and details, glazed and multi-colored, on the two almost identical facades (east and west) are this building's claim to fame, and it is the terracotta ornamental facing of several Tampa buildings of the 20s that enlivened the urban scenery: Tamp Gas ('23), Tampa Theater ('25), and First National Bank ('26) to name a few. The eastside of Kress has the stairwell (treated like a column) and this facade is therefore slightly asymmetrical. Since 1980, the store has been closed. [SAZ]; East facade
S. H. Kress & Company (Tampa, Fla.) -- Photographs
Renaissance
Stores, Retail -- Florida -- Tampa -- Photographs
Sape A. Zylstra Architectural Slides Collection