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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The historic Jackson House is falling apart piece by piece, and now its future may hang in limbo, too.
Tampa’s historic Jackson House moves closer to restoration after partial collapse, with emergency repairs underway and ...
Crews are racing to make emergency repairs to the historic Jackson House in downtown Tampa after part of its side collapsed ...
Emergency repairs are now underway at the historic Jackson Rooming House in downtown Tampa, days after a portion of the east ...
A portion of the historic Jackson House collapsed days after the Tampa City Council approved a resolution that could preserve ...
Tampa’s historic Jackson House collapses days after a preservation vote. Now, the Jackson House Foundation is working quickly to save this iconic Black landmark.
On Thursday, the Tampa City Council quietly approved a resolution that may spur preservation for the Jackson House, the ...
The segregation-era rooming house was one of the only places for Black travelers in the city. There is an ongoing effort to preserve the home's history.
Accardi Properties — which owns an adjacent parking lot — agreed to obtain a 10-foot strip available on either side of the ...
Built in phases between 1905 and 1920, the Jackson House was Tampa’s only 24-room boardinghouse for African Americans during segregation.
The 24-room Jackson House was built at the turn of the 20th century. James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald and Cab Calloway stayed there, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visited.
TAMPA, Fla. — The historic Jackson House will soon have a historical marker outside the home to note its significance to the Tampa community. The 24-room rooming house on Zack Street welcomed ...