Established in the early 1880s after Florida railroad tycoon Henry B. Plant built the first bridge on Lafayette St. over the Hillsborough River (where Kennedy Boulevard now stands), Hyde Park has changed quite a bit over the last 100 or so years, but it still maintains plenty of the historic charm that makes it a unique spot to live and work. Thanks to the Florida State archives, we can take a look back at this iconic Tampa neighborhood over the last century.
Photos via Florida Memory
View of Hyde Park from the J.B. Tower, 1890View down Hyde Park Avenue, 1905An early postcard by Valentine & Sons, date unknown.Fannie Haya and three women in parlor at 605 Magnolia Avenue, Hyde Park, 1895Postcard from Detroit Publishing of Hyde Park Avenue, 1905Bird’s eye view of Hyde Park from the old Mugge building, 1913View showing a palm tree in front of the Peter O. Knight house in Tampa, 1919First Christian Church, 1926Hyde Park Branch Library built by the FERA, 1935Hyde Park Trade School, date unknownLooking northwest at Hyde Park and Tampa Bay Hotel from Lafayette Street Bridge, date unknownKennedy Boulevard Bridge on the boundary of the Hyde Park Historic District, 1963Aerial view looking east over the south portion of the Hyde Park Historic District, 1976Aerial view overlooking the west central portion of the Hyde Park Historic District along Swann Avenue above the intersection with Willow Avenue, 1976.Historic Hutchinson House at 304 Plant Avenue in Tampa, 1977The Historic Hutchinson House at 304 Plant Avenue in Tampa, 1977House at the southwest corner of S. Brevard Ave. in the Hyde Park Historic District, date unknownView of houses on Edison Avenue in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1980Aerial view overlooking the northeast portion of the Hyde Park Historic District along Bayshore Drive, 1980Commercial building at 1200 West Platt Street on the southwest corner of South Newport Avenue in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1981View looking south on Beach Place from Plant Avenue in the Hyde Park Historic District neighborhood, 1981View looking toward the house at 201 Beach Place in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1981View of house on Horatio Street in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1981House at 212 Beach Place in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1981Albert Johnson House at 332 Plant Avenue, 1981. Built in 1891, the home started as a hunting lodge for Marshall Field and was converted by lumberman Johnson.601-605 Orleans Avenue in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1984House in the Hyde Park Historic District of Tampa, date unknownView of the Thomas C. Taliaferro House at 305 Hyde Park Avenue in the Hyde Park Historic District, date unknownHouse at 1001 Platt Street in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1984House at 307 Hyde Park Avenue in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1984View of residence in the Hyde Park Historic District, date unknownView showing a house on South Fremont Avenue at the corner of West Bristol Avenue in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1984House at 801 Packwood Avenue in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1984Irene Bradley’s home in the Hyde Park Historic District, date unknownMorrison House at 850 Newport Street in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1984View looking north along the Hillsborough River toward the Kennedy Boulevard Bridge in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1984View looking south from the Crosstown Expressway at the historic Platt St. Bridge in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1984View showing buildings on Magnolia Avenue at the intersection with Platt Street in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1984View showing homes along Bungalow Terrace in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1984View showing houses in the Hyde Park Historic District neighborhood, date unknownView showing the Lowther House at 845 Newport Avenue in the Hyde Park Historic District, date unknownWoodrow Wilson Junior High School at 1005 Swann Avenue in the Hyde Park Historic District, 1984View looking east toward the fountain in the historic Hyde Park district between Dakota Ave. and Village Cir., 1992View of a fountain in the historic Hyde Park district at the intersection of Dakota and Snow, 1992View showing a band performing a concert in the historic Hyde Park district of Tampa, 1992
