El Pasaje, Historic Renaissance building in Ybor City, Tampa, United States.
El Pasaje is a two-story brick building at the corner of 14th Street (Avenida Republica de Cuba) and East 9th Avenue in Ybor City, Tampa. It was built in 1886 and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It stands directly across the street from Ybor's original cigar factory, now Ybor Square.
El Pasaje was built in 1886 to house the offices of Vicente Martinez Ybor's companies while he planned Ybor City and ran his cigar factory and other businesses. Over the years the building held a hotel, restaurants, bars and speakeasies, a military recruiting station and newspaper offices. On November 15, 1972, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Cherokee Club is an alternate name for El Pasaje itself, not a separate club inside it. The building has housed a hotel, restaurants, bars and speakeasies, a military recruiting station and newspaper offices. Today it is the headquarters of TheIncLab, an AI+X defense lab.
El Pasaje stands at the corner of 14th Street (Avenida Republica De Cuba) and East 9th Avenue, directly across the street from Ybor Square, the site of Ybor's original cigar factory. The corner setting makes the two-story brick facade easy to find on foot while walking this stretch of Ybor City.
The building sits directly across from Vicente's original cigar factory, creating a direct view between the commercial hub and the production facility. This arrangement reveals how the neighborhood was designed with commerce and manufacturing working closely together.
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