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.
