OLLI-USF: Tampa Grows
Starting with its first suburb, Tampa Heights, Tampa grew north by annexing neighborhoods like Seminole Heights, College Hill, and others.
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Starting with its first suburb, Tampa Heights, Tampa grew north by annexing neighborhoods like Seminole Heights, College Hill, and others.
Well into the Great Depression, newly elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt needed solutions to the nation's banking, unemployment, and environmental problems. He decided to go big. Join us to discuss the dramatic changes implemented to save the country, their successes, failures, and long-term impacts. Shelley Blood, Fred Hearns, Ross Lamoreaux, Janet Lorenzo, and Carl Zielonka, DDS, …
Well into the Great Depression, newly elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt needed solutions to the nation's banking, unemployment, and environmental problems. He decided to go big. Join us to discuss the dramatic changes implemented to save the country, their successes, failures, and long-term impacts. Shelley Blood, Fred Hearns, Ross Lamoreaux, Janet Lorenzo, and Carl Zielonka, DDS, …
Bootleggers flooded Florida with illegal booze, flappers danced to jazz, and workers erected the first elaborate Art Deco buildings in Florida in the 1920s. At the same time, Mediterranean fruit flies attacked citrus groves, and the state’s brutal convict-leasing program ensnared thousands. Join the Tampa Bay History Center's Brad Massey, Ph.D., for a look at …
Bootleggers flooded Florida with illegal booze, flappers danced to jazz, and workers erected the first elaborate Art Deco buildings in Florida in the 1920s. At the same time, Mediterranean fruit flies attacked citrus groves, and the state’s brutal convict-leasing program ensnared thousands. Join the Tampa Bay History Center's Brad Massey, Ph.D., for a look at …
Tampa is now a thriving modern city, but what was it like at the turn of the 20th century? This three-session course, led by History Center docents, lays out some early changes: Henry B. Plant and the railroad's arrival, Florida’s agricultural roots, and a thriving cigar industry with a unique immigrant culture. REGISTER
The history center is open daily from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
**Galleries are closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas and open until 3 p.m. on Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
The History Center provides a dramatic and historic backdrop for your wedding, wedding reception or rehearsal dinner. Give your wedding a unique Tampa flair your guests will remember for a lifetime.
Are you looking for a one-of-a-kind Tampa experience for your next corporate event or convention party? Are you a meeting planner looking for a unique setting to host a board retreat or employee function? Located within walking distance of downtown hotels, the History Center is perfect for your next corporate event.