Henry B. Plant Museum - Home
WEBThe Henry B. Plant Museum is housed in the former Tampa Bay Hotel, which was a Victorian railroad resort that operated from 1891 - 1932. Since 1933, the Tampa Bay Hotel has been home to the Henry B. Plant Museum and the University of Tampa.
Henry B. Plant Museum - Wikipedia
WEBThe Henry B. Plant Museum (Plant Museum) is located in the south wing of Plant Hall on the University of Tampa's campus, located at 401 West Kennedy Boulevard in Tampa, Florida. Plant Hall was originally built by Henry B. Plant as the Tampa Bay Hotel ; a 511-room resort-style hotel that opened on February 5, 1891, near the terminus of the Plant ...
Henry B. Plant Museum - The Museum
WEBOriginal furnishings and artifacts and a dynamic self-guided audio tour immerse visitors in the opulence of the 1891 Tampa Bay Hotel and its rich history. The building was bought by the city in 1905 after the death of Henry Plant in 1899. It operated as a hotel until 1932.
Henry B. Plant Museum - History
WEBDuring the 1880’s, Henry Bradley Plant was building an empire of railroads, steamships and hotels. He wanted that empire to have a palace and that palace was the Tampa Bay Hotel. The hotel was built by Plant personally, not investors, at a cost of $2,500,000 and an additional $500,000 for furnishings. It took two years to build, covered 6 ...
Henry B. Plant Museum - Henry B. Plant
WEBPlant established eight hotels throughout western Florida that provided tourists with luxury accommodations and first-class amenities in a tropical haven. Plant opened his first hotel in 1888, the Inn at Port Tampa.
Henry B. Plant Museum - Chronology
WEBThe Chronology of Henry Plant, the Plant System & the Tampa Bay Hotel is the Henry Plant Museum’s authoritative timeline of Plant’s personal and professional life, development of the Plant System and the Tampa Bay Hotel.
Henry B. Plant Museum | University of Tampa
WEBHenry B. Plant Museum. The 1891 Tampa Bay Hotel, now a National Historic Landmark, is home to The University of Tampa and the Henry B. Plant Museum. During the 1880s, Henry Bradley Plant was building an empire of railroads, steamships and hotels.
Henry B. Plant Museum - Tampa Bay Hotel Gardens
WEBTampa’s warm winter weather offered a particularly ideal landscape to grow a variety of plants from around the world. Henry Plant hired German gardener Anton Fiehe as Head Gardner at the Tampa Bay Hotel. Fiehe created lavish landscapes of flowering plants, tropical trees and unique statues.
The Henry B. Plant Museum - Tampa Historical
WEBHenry Plant built the Tampa Bay Hotel during the Gilded Ages and to visit was a symbol of one’s wealth but now the Moorish minarets that pierce the sky are a symbol of Tampa. Images. Map. Get Directions. 401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, FL. Official Website. http://www.plantmuseum.com/ Cite this Page.
Henry B. Plant Museum | National Trust for Historic Preservation
WEBSince 1933, the Tampa Bay Hotel has been home to the Henry B. Plant Museum and The University of Tampa. The building, renamed Plant Hall, is a National Historic Landmark. The Henry B. Plant Museum holds the distinction of accreditation by the American Alliance of …
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