The Brief
- Tampa City Council approved a resolution involving easement around the historic Jackson House structure in downtown Tampa.
- The approval involved working with the owners of the parking lot beside the landmark to allow a 10-foot barrier around the property.
- The Jackson House Foundation said it was a hurdle toward preserving and restoring the boarding house.
TAMPA, Fla. – The Jackson House is a dilapidated structure with almost 125 years of history, and it is moving forward with restoration efforts for the historic landmark.
The backstory:
The Jackson House, located at 851 Zack Street, served one of the oldest Black neighborhoods in Tampa as a boarding house since 1901 for stars like James Brown and Ella Fitzgerald. It sits in what was once a historically Black neighborhood known as The Scrub, and the house provided African American travelers a place to stay during the Jim Crow era and segregation, when laws didn’t allow them into white spaces.…