Johnson-Wolff House, Historic residence in Tampa, Florida.
The Johnson-Wolff House is a two-story red brick house at 6823 South DeSoto Street in Tampa, Florida. It has a hipped roof of reddish shingles, a tall brick chimney with a pale cap on the right, and white-framed sash windows with dark shutters. A ground-floor porch is supported by white columns, and a black iron fence and gate cross the front.
The house was built around 1885 by the Plant Steamship Company. Captain Henry Johnson bought it in 1883 and renovated and expanded it, giving it much of its present form. His daughter Ethel Wolff later owned it, and the house carries both family names. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1974.
The house takes its name from Ethel Wolff, daughter of Captain Henry Johnson, who later owned it; the property is also recorded as FL-385 in the Historic American Buildings Survey. Its two-story red brick front, white-columned ground-floor gallery and dark-shuttered sash windows show the domestic style of a shipping family in late 19th-century Tampa.
The building is located on South DeSoto Street in an established residential neighborhood of Tampa and is easy to find. Visitors can view the exterior and appreciate the architectural details from the street.
The house was built around 1885 by the Plant Steamship Company, and Captain Henry Johnson bought it in 1883 before renovating and expanding it. His daughter Ethel Wolff later owned it, giving the house its hyphenated name. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1974.
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