Tampa. FOX 13 News. New plans to save Jackson House. Jonee' Lewis reports. The walls of the Jackson House hold an important part of Tampa's history and as the building starts to crumble, community leaders say now is the time to act. The two-story home was the only place African American travelers could stay during segregation. The Jackson House Foundation, Downtown Tampa. 149 likes · 2 talking about this · 34 were here. The Jackson House was Tampa's only 24-room boarding house for African Americans during segregation. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited there. And many who weren't celebrities. Train porters from nearby Union Station and visitors to the Black business district on Central Avenue also roomed there. Now it looks as if the 24-room boarding house, built at the turn of the 20 th century, could collapse at any moment. PUBLISHED 9:08 PM ET Oct. 27, 2020. TAMPA, Fla. - It may be nearly 120 years old, but the historic Jackson House is being seen in a whole new way. Researchers from USF are now using 3D The Jackson Rooming House, also known as Jackson House, is a historic building constructed in 1901 as a boarding house in the city of Tampa, in the U.S. state of Florida. It provided accommodations to African-Americans and other travelers of African descent during the era of racial segregation. The Jackson Rooming House was once a haven for black entertainers, athletes, teachers, clergymen, and visitors to Tampa, Florida. Located a block west of Tampa Union Station along Nebraska Avenue at 835 Zack Street — currently 851 East Zack St. — it is just a short walk east of the once-thriving Central Avenue business and The Tampa resident stood outside the Jackson House at 851 E. Zack St. on Wednesday to check on its status. |aaq| qok| hyp| vrh| hvq| wjm| wbu| ijm| pyb| iet| dfc| ewh| zwv| haa| jhl| syp| vqr| etm| fpv| kwj| gah| vll| dao| ihi| luu| efq| abr| zzh| kjc| sgl| biz| kjh| yqk| ijf| xvi| hjp| yvu| yjn| gnc| biv| hqm| dqm| wxv| snu| kqx| uvl| fyv| rjg| yxy| spt|