United States Courthouse Building and Downtown Postal Station (Tampa, Florida)

Federal Building, U.S. Courthouse, Downtown Postal Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	601 Florida Ave., Tampa, Florida
Coordinates
Built	1902-1905
Architect	James Knox Taylor
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Renaissance
NRHP Reference #	74000633
Added to NRHP	June 07, 1974

The U.S. Courthouse Building and Downtown Postal Station, also known as U.S. Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House or the U.S. Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House, is a historic courthouse of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and later for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is located at 601 Florida Avenue. On June 7, 1974, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Construction on the building was completed in 1905, under the supervision of James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect `of the United States Department of the Treasury. It served as a courthouse of the Southern District of Florida from then until the creation of the Middle District in 1962, and then served as a courthouse for the Middle District of Florida until 2001. The building is now owned by the city of Tampa.

As of 2012, the building was being developed into a boutique hotel.

External links

• Hillsborough County listings at National Register of Historic Places
• Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
  • Hillsborough County listings
  • Federal Building US Courthouse
• Hillsborough County Courthouse at Florida's Historic Courthouses
• Florida's Historic Courthouses by Hampton Dunn (ISBN 0-9653759-5-1)

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Courthouse building