At 315 East John F. Kennedy Boulevard rises Tampa City Hall, a historic site in Tampa, Florida. This building, at 315 East John F. Kennedy Boulevard, was designed by Bonfoey & Elliott. It earned recognition on October 1, 1974, when it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1981.
More recently, the city invested in its care with a $16 million renovation in 2017. As you look, imagine the intentions of the architects Bonfoey & Elliott and the attention that comes with National Register status. The building's presence on this stretch of East John F. Kennedy Boulevard marks it as a place both civic and storied.
The HABS documentation in 1981 preserved photographs and data that underline why this façade matters to Tampa's story. Think of the layered stewardship — first listed in 1974, later recorded in 1981, and refreshed in 2017 — each date a bookmark in the building's life. The materials and proportions that drew those surveys and that recent investment still mark the frontage, reaching out toward the boulevard for you to notice.