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Interior - Tampa Bay Hotel /  Plant Hall
includes the Henry B. Plant Museum
401 W. Kennedy Blvd., University of Tampa, FL

University of Tampa: Henry B. Plant Hotel - Official Website

February 2024 photos

Art and furnishings: Rococo bronzes, furniture, clocks, tapestries, paintings and vases


Entrepreneur and owner of the Tampa Bay Hotel



Margaret Josephine Loughman Plant, 1848-1909                  Artist Richard Hall, 1902



Rotunda, adjoining the Plant Museum (All the photos below are part of the Museum)                    Note granite columns, detailed below:

Rotunda granite columns

Moorish Revival staircase                      Newel post topped by horsehead sculpture              Niche with keyhole arch       Note horseshoe shaped balusters, detailed below:

Horseshoe shaped balusters                             Guilloche and rosette molding beneath balusters


Keyhole arch                   Transom window


Keyhole arch within a keyhole arch                      Medallion                            Rococo(?) style bed


Mantelpiece                  Keyhole motif top frieze                Glazed bricks                  

Guilloche and rosette molding

  Guilloche and rosette top molding                        Center panel detailed below:



Mantelpiece with glazed bricks                 Louis XVI  chairs (tapered and straight legs)                   Detail below:

Louis XVI  chairs (tapered and straight legs)

Victorian round sofa






Detail:





Photos and their arrangement © 2024 Chuck LaChiusa
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