The walls of the Jackson House hold an important part of Tampa’s history and as the building starts to crumble, community leaders say now is the time to act.
Senate approves $500K for Jackson House restoration
Jackson Rooming House.
After some uncertainty, the Senate has added $500,000 for Tampa’s historic
Restoration funding for the historic boarding house, which was constructed in 1901, was
left out of initial offers from both the House and Senate. However, the House later included full funding for the project in its
bump offer to the Senate, which accepted the allocation Wednesday.
Tampa Bay area lawmakers Sen.
Darryl Rouson and Rep.
Dianne Hart filed the appropriation request (
SF 1010, HB 3759), which sought $500,000 to continue ongoing renovations and restoration of the building. Last year, the Legislature approved the same amount of funding for the project, but it was cut in Gov.