Tampa Police Station, northwest corner of Jackson Street and Florida Avenue
Police Station, northwest corner of Jackson Street and Florida Avenue. 1962. Burgert Brothers. Courtesy, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
In 1915, City Hall and the Tampa Police Headquarters were constructed on Florida Avenue between Jackson Street and Lafayette (now Kennedy Boulevard) downtown. The three-story brick and cut-stone police building was considered one of the best in the country at the time. It housed a force of sixty-five officers and a jail. 1996 returned to central downtown with the purchase of the Former SunTrust Bank at 411 Franklin Street. In the early 1960s, a new police station was built on Tampa Street, and the department moved. In 1996, it returned to central downtown with the purchase of the former SunTrust Bank at 411 Franklin Street. A parking lot for city hall and the Tampa Municipal Building, seen on the left in the photo, is now on the corner.
Northwest corner of Jackson Street and Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL. 2022. © Chip Weiner
From Burgert Brothers: Look Again Vol. 1
Tampa Police Department, 300 Florida Avenue, front facade of multi story brick and cut stone building. Burgert Brothers. Courtesy, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
Tampa Police Department Headquarters, 300 Jackson Street, officers and automobiles in front of multi-story brick building. Burgert Brothers. Courtesy, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
Tampa Police Department 2nd Relief Radio Division officers in uniform standing next to vehicles in front of Police Headquarters. Burgert Brothers. Courtesy, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System