Historic Districts and Overlay Districts

In Seminole Heights we have several Historic Districts and a Residential Overlay District.

The main Seminole Heights local Historic District is from Osborne Avenue on the South to Hanna Avenue on the North. Florida Avenue on the West and I-275 on the east. Within that is the National Historic District. The next part of the Seminole Heights local Historic District is the Hillsborough Avenue on the South, Hanna on the north, I-275 on the west and to the east just before Nebraska, not including any buildings on Nebraska. All of this is on one map at the City of Tampa Department of Historic Preservation.

The Hampton Terrace area is a National Historic District. Proposed National Historict Districts are the Josiah Richardson Center Hill Subdivision and the West Suwannee Heights. Hampton Terrace is exploring at local historic district status. All of these 3 areas with maps and boundaries are better shown at the Historic Preservation section of Old Seminole Heights website.

Much of Seminole Heights is within the Seminole Heights overlay. Again this is best described in the Land Use section of the Old Seminole Heights website. The overlay sets some minimum standards that are a not as restrictive as a historic district. It is a good thing that Old Sem Hts. has it on its website because I could not easily (or at all find it at all) at the City of Tampa Website.

Two streets in SE Sem. Hts., McBerry and Shadowlawn are being looked at for Historic District Status.