A recent sales page for this property states it was built in 1926. In 1940, this property at 309 Memorial Highway was listed as a 7-room house for rent for $60 a month. In the mid-1940s, Mr. and Mrs. Earl N. Musgrave lived here with two sons, one of whom, Forest, was a B-24 pilot in WWII and died in service in 1944.

In 1953, the house was marketed as being perfect as a doctor’s office or a small hospital because the walls, inside and out, were covered in ceramic tile. It also listed a 2-bedroom bungalette in the rear. Dr. M.R Avery and Dr. A.F. Reid moved the Tampa Veterinary Hospital here in August 1955 from their former location downtown.

The street name remained the same until the mid-1950s when the address changed to 2517 Grand Central as the city boundaries changed. In December 1963, the street was renamed Kennedy Blvd in honor of President John F Kennedy, who was assassinated a month earlier in Dallas, Texas.  Tampa Veterinary Hospital moved out in 2021 to a new facility at 103 N Howard, two blocks east of this property, and it was sold. A commercial demolition permit to take down both buildings was issued on March 27, 2023.