Floridan Palace and Sapphire Lounge
905 N Florida Ave.
Tampa
Hillsborough County’s only existing grand historic hotel and business hotel and was designed by Tampa’s own Francis Joseph Kennard who is also behind Tampa’s Hillsborough High School and St. Andrews Episcopal Church, plus Belleair’s Belleview-Biltmore Hotel.
The equally significant Sapphire Lounge is on the ground floor and has been visited by Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and more.
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