Ybor City Historic District, Historic district in Tampa, United States.
Ybor City Historic District is a U.S. National Historic Landmark District in Tampa, Florida, designated on December 14, 1990. Its boundaries run along 6th Avenue, 13th Street, 10th Avenue and 22nd Street, plus East Broadway between 13th and 22nd Streets. It holds 956 historic buildings, among them cigar factory buildings with Spanish-Cuban influenced architecture and their associated infrastructure. The district is split into three sections by Interstate 4 and by the Nick Nuccio Parkway, built after a 1965 urban renewal project demolished 70 acres of historic buildings.
The neighborhood was founded in 1886 and quickly became a global center for cigar production with thousands of skilled workers. Its growth was driven by immigrants from Spain, Cuba, and Italy who brought their craft traditions with them.
The Ybor City Museum State Park occupies the former Ferlita Bakery, originally La Joven Francesca, on 9th Avenue. A ranger leads tours of its garden and the casitas, the small cigar workers' homes, while exhibits, period photographs and a video recount the founding of Ybor City and the cigar industry. The city-sanctioned Latino Barrio Commission, made up of community and business leaders, architects and residents, is charged with keeping the district's historic fabric and architectural integrity.
The district is split into three sections by Interstate 4 and the Nick Nuccio Parkway, so plan crossings between them. The Ybor City Museum State Park occupies the former Ferlita Bakery on 9th Avenue, where a ranger leads tours of the garden and the casitas, the small cigar workers' homes.
Free-roaming chickens populate the streets under legal protection, a practice continuing from the early days of the immigrant community. This surprising element gives the neighborhood a living character that has persisted to the present day.
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