Historic Resources Survey of Tarpon Springs (8PI1712) TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................. iii LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................. viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .........................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE .........................................................................................2 SURVEY AREA ........................................................................................................................5 PROJECT METHODS ..............................................................................................................6 SURVEY CRITERIA ................................................................................................................8 NRHP Criteria for Evaluation ................................................................................................8 Designation of Historic and Cultural Districts, Landmarks, and Sites in Tarpon Springs ....9 DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY OF TARPON SPRINGS ....................................................11 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................11 The Settlement and Establishment of Tarpon Springs .........................................................11 The Florida Land Boom and Bust ........................................................................................22 The Great Depression through World War II ......................................................................24 The Aftermath of World War II to the Present ....................................................................25 HISTORI C RESOURCES RESULTS .....................................................................................31 Analysis of Survey Findings ................................................................................................35 Development Patterns of Historic Resources ......................................................................37 Historic and Present Functions of Surveyed Resources ......................................................42 Representative Architectural Styles .....................................................................................43 Frame Vernacular.................................................................................................................44 Masonry Vernacular.............................................................................................................53 Craftsman .............................................................................................................................59 Minimal Traditional .............................................................................................................62 Folk Victorian ......................................................................................................................64 Queen Anne .........................................................................................................................64 Mission .................................................................................................................................66 Colonial Revival ..................................................................................................................67 Ranch ...................................................................................................................................69 Tudor Revival ......................................................................................................................70 Shingle .................................................................................................................................71 Contemporary ......................................................................................................................71 Gothic Revival .....................................................................................................................73 Neoclassical Revival ............................................................................................................75 Mediterranean Revival .........................................................................................................76 Neo-Byzantine .....................................................................................................................77 Art Moderne .........................................................................................................................78 IDENTIFIED HISTORIC RESOURCES ................................................................................80 NRHP-listed Tarpon Springs Historic District (8PI1712) ...................................................80 SURVEY AREA FEATURES AND CHARACTERISTICS .................................................86 Street Layouts ......................................................................................................................86 Spring Bayou/ Craig (Coburn) Park (8PI11907) .................................................................86 The Fruit Salad Area ............................................................................................................88 Rusticated Block Site Walls.................................................................................................92 Janus Research i Historic Resources Survey of Tarpon Springs (8PI1712) Outbuildings .........................................................................................................................92 Common Alterations ............................................................................................................93 UPDATE OF THE TARPON SPRINGS HISTORIC DISTRICT ..........................................95 Existing NRHP Historic District ..........................................................................................95 Update of the NRHP Historic District within the Existing Boundaries ...............................99 Potential NRHP Historic District Expansion Beyond the Current Boundaries .................107 Locally-Listed Tarpon Springs Historic District ...............................................................115 SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES......................................................................128 NRHP-Listed Resources ....................................................................................................128 NRHP Potentially Eligible Individual Resources within the Tarpon Springs Survey Area ....................................................................................................................................138 CONCLUSIONS....................................................................................................................148 Recommendations ..............................................................................................................149 BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................................153 APPENDIX A: Comprehensive List of Historic Resources Identified during the Historic Resources Survey of Tarpon Springs Organized by FMSF Number ............................... APPENDIX B: Comprehensive List of Historic Resources Identified during the Historic Resources Survey of Tarpon Springs Organized By Address ......................................... APPENDIX C: Contributing And Non-Contributing Resources Within The Existing Nrhp Tarpon Springs Historic District ...................................................................................... APPENDIX D: Survey Log Sheet .............................................................................................. Janus Research ii Historic Resources Survey of Tarpon Springs (8PI1712) LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: General Location of the Project Area ........................................................................ 4 Figure 2: Project Survey Area ................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3: Portrait of Hamilton Disston (Image courtesy the Florida Memory Project) ......... 12 Figure 4: Samuel E. Hope circa 1895 (Image courtesy the Florida Memory Project) ........... 12 Figure 5: 1883 Plat Map of Tarpon Springs (Image Courtesy of the Florida Memory Project) ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 6: Anson P.K. Safford (Image courtesy the Florida Memory Project) ....................... 14 Figure 7: Postcard Depicting the Safford Home during its boarding house years, 23 Parkin Court (8PI176), circa 1907 (Image courtesy ofwww.fivay.org) ...................................... 14 Figure 8: William T. Fleming House, 22 North Spring Boulevard (8PI1617), c. 1974 (Image courtesy the Florida Memory Project) ........................................................................... 15 Figure 9: George Clemson House, 110 N. Spring Boulevard (8PI1619), date unknown (Image courtesy the Florida Memory Project) ............................................................... 15 Figure 10: The Orange Belt Railroad Station in Tarpon Springs, built in 1888 and burned in 1908 (Image courtesy Tarpon Springs Historical Society)............................................