Plant Hall

Veranda

Veranda Moorish Revival 3 minarets Horseshoe / keyhole portico arches

Minaret: A tall, slender tower attached to a mosque, having one of more projecting balconies from which a muezzin summons the people to prayer ... Tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown.

Veranda Moorish columns supporting keyhole arches and surround

Moorish columns supporting keyhole arches and surround 2 details below:

Moorish columns

Keyhole arches decorate frieze Note scalloped wood trim under roof Note keyhole/horseshoe window arches

Keystone arch has center keystone

Note vertical saw tooth bricks Horizontal common brick bond

Terra cotta compound keyhole arch, including saw tooth molding Egg-and-dart molding

Three horseshoe arch windows with voussoirs Saw tooth bricks course Running bond brick pattern 2 details below:

Horseshoe arch window with voussoirs Saw tooth bricks Running bond brick pattern

Saw tooth bricks

Minaret balconied tower topped by onion(?) dome Four details below:

Crescent moon finial Onion(?) dome Lantern Three lucarnes

Crescent moon finial

Lantern Two lucarnes
Minaret: A tall, slender tower attached to a mosque, having one of more projecting balconies from which a muezzin summons the people to prayer ... Tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown.

Veranda balustrade

Twisted balusters

Tampa Bay Hotel owner:	Henry B. Plants
Erected:	1888-1891
Architect:	J. A. Wood
Style:	Moorish Revival Moorish: Style of Islamic architecture used in Spain from the 13th to 16th century
Size:	611- room resort-style hotel, 21 buildings
Height:	5 stories
Area:	150 acres, 6 acre hotel
Original features:	First Florida elevator (still functioning) First Florida hotel with room electric lighting and telephones Private bathrooms with full-size tub Fireproof poured-concrete, steel reinforced structure
Hotel operating period:	1891-1930 (closed because of the Depression)
University of Tampa:	In 1933, Tampa Bay Junior College moved into the hotel; later became the University of Tampa
Works Progress Administration Project:	1935-1937
Museum:	Established as the Tampa Municipal Museum in 1941; 1974 renamed Henry B. Plant Museum
Status:	National Historic Landmark (1972)