DOWNTOWN TAMPA FL – APRIL 20, 2015: The historic 1927 S.H. Kress & Co . “five and dime” building at 811 N. Franklin Street is zoned for commercial use and apartments in Downtown Tampa, FL.
See a rendering future plans for KRESS SQUARE by the Doran Jason Group in Tampa.
Kress sits in the middle of two other historic retail icons: the former Woolworth Department Store to the right (where the Civil Rights-era lunch counter sit-ins took place) and the former J.J. Newberry store to the left, a “five & dime” as well.
See another historic Kress building that was renovated into The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans, LA.
The Kress structure was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places On April 7, 1983. Being a historic building, developers will be obligated to include some of the original structure and facade in their plans.
JULY 26, 2015 – Kress builidng and Element apartments from Franklin Street and Polk, Downtown Tampa, Florida/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Kress building from Franklin Street and Polk, Downtown Tampa, Florida/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Kress building from the corner of Franklin and Polk downtown Tampa/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – View of Kress building from Franklin St, downtown, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Kress historic building across from The Element Tampa apartments on Franklin St in downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Kress sign closeup of embossed lettering on top of building on Franklin in downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Closeup of Kress sign on Franklin Street, downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Historic Kress and Newberry building with Sun Trust skyscraper in background in downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Historic photo of Kress and Newberry stores when they were still open in downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Historic Newberry, Kress and Woolworth before renovation in Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Rendering of Kress, Woolworth and Newberry buildint on Franklin St in downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Sidewalk of Kress building Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Historic Kress and Newberry building with SunTrust skyscraper in background in downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – On sidewalk under portico of S H Kress & Co with name fading in Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Kress Square Developement rendering with specs on Kress building window in Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Rendering plans of Kress Square Development on window in Kress building in Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Kress building (L) on Florida Ave with the Floridian Hotel (R) on the corner of Cass and Florida in Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com JULY 26, 2015 – Historic Woolworth store from Polk Street with The Element (L) and the Floridian Hotel on the right in Downtown Tampa, FL/photonews247.com APRIL 20, 2015 – S. H. Kress & Co building on Franklin St, Tampa, FL/photonews247.com APRIL 20, 2015 – Woolworth, Kress, J J Newberry building Tampa, Florida/photonews247.com 
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