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Palace of Florence Apartments
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Palace of Florence Apartments, north end, 2006
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| Location: | Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA |
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| Built: | 1925 |
| Architect: | Athos Menaboni, et al. |
| Architectural style: | Mediterranean Revival |
| NRHP Reference#: | 89000969 |
| Added to NRHP: | August 3, 1989 |
The Palace of Florence Apartments is a historic structure in Tampa, Florida, USA. The 28-unit apartment building[1] is located on Tampa's Davis Islands at 45 East Davis Boulevard.
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Construction on The Palace of Florence began in 1925. Its Mediterranean Revival architecture mixes medieval and classical elements to reproduce the look of a grand scale Italian palazzo, and includes a dramatic four-story battlement tower with exterior staircase. The design, by artist Athos Menaboni, is loosely based on that of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy.[2], hence the building's name.
On August 3, 1989, The Palace of Florence Apartments were among several Davis Islands properties included in a Multiple Property Submission(or MPS) to be listed with the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The MPS, named "Mediterranean Revival Style Buildings of Davis Islands", included a total of twenty-three historic structures, which were among the first ever built on the newly accessible Davis Islands during the Florida land boom of the 1920s.
The Palace of Florence Apartments underwent a complete restoration between 2002-2003.[1]