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Powell highlighted Booker T. Washington School as a significant educational investment of the 1920s: a brick school built near the Scrub and Afro‑Cuban sections of Ybor City. He said the building’s substantial materials and large windows reflected the era’s investment in school infrastructure for Black students. Powell noted faculty and alumni who played local roles, including Howard W. Blake and educator Hilda Turner, the latter involved in a lawsuit for equal pay for Black teachers that Thurgood Marshall argued at the Supreme Court level before he became a justice.

Powell reviewed municipal growth in 1925: the city annexed the separate municipality of West Tampa in January 1925, bringing into Tampa an industrial and population base that previously made West Tampa, at one point, the seventh-largest city in Florida. Powell said the annexation, with other boundary changes, briefly made Tampa among the state’s largest cities in that decade.

The presentation also covered the development of Davis Islands, where developers built the island and early residences during the 1920s; Powell noted bonds issued in 1925 to pay for what was then Tampa Municipal Hospital (later Tampa General Hospital), which opened in 1927. He explained that the island’s original construction began after the 1921 hurricane had submerged the smaller islands that were later connected to form Davis Islands.

Powell closed by noting Temple Terrace’s origins as a planned orange‑grove suburb and that it marked its centennial the same year as the celebration. The program was historical and educational; it did not propose city policy or actions. Powell encouraged attendees to view other Archives Awareness Week events for deeper dives into specific topics such as the Booker T. Washington School centennial program at the Tampa Bay History Center.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Tampa 100 Years Ago","oneSentenceSummary","At Archives Awareness Week, Rodney Kite Powell reviewed Tampa’s 1925 milestone events: the founding and construction of Booker T. Washington School, the annexation of West Tampa, early development of Davis Islands and bonds for Tampa Municipal Hospital, and the origins of Temple Terrace.","taxTitle","Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida","taxId",2914,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6173271,"Tampa honors Frances Henriquez, first woman and first Hispanic city clerk",848,88000,936000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5383178-a2ecd473691f0457fc9447a10222c1e1&start=88&end=936","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5383178-a2ecd473691f0457fc9447a10222c1e1/thumbnail_88000.jpg","/articles/6173271/Tampa/Hillsborough-County/Florida/Tampa-honors-Frances-Henriquez-first-woman-and-first-Hispanic-city-clerk","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6173271-c6f0641185c10a0aab5a2f1554828316/orig.mp4?Expires=1771190492&Signature=T59IcWJbkW9n4lnX1c~D3-TDXcojGUG5n2Se1hJncGhJbsPScYixS6wKPRyl6zzrUlh~EOb4N4EEdfo5u9BHYQjPOQadmjDTP-2rADkXaGBpEo7BGxCn1NwA9KITqe09Ur-o31VrdduUR7o3mB-Ctin5TlRucFl6K9VJcTAO-o3vQf9ls1xKFB9fnCgXY1rwC3khOevre--rdzDFOcAM2iGzJOe~IEkK1pJ2I5KVrHT84xVvxkZvfs8SdrasqQhMQtJNxdN8ivTyG-uGz~QLMAyW-Cclf5CrNZFln5LNd2wQyj7hM3BA~v4CX1h-koS~p9drUJP853QC0Pai8ppsLA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At an Archives Awareness Week event marking Tampa’s 130th anniversary, City of Tampa staff and community partners paid tribute to Frances Henriquez, the city’s first woman and first Hispanic city clerk, who died March 19 at age 94.

Henriquez joined the City of Tampa in 1954 and rose through the clerk’s office to become deputy city clerk in 1962. When City Clerk William “Bill” Stark resigned in 1973, Mayor Dick Greco appointed Henriquez acting city clerk until an election. She served as city clerk from November 1973 until her retirement in September 1993.

Her tenure included a focus on records management and local preservation. City Clerk’s Office staff said Henriquez initiated a records-management program and that Tampa became the first city in Florida to create a municipal archive during her years in office. The Archives and Records Services Building was dedicated in her honor in 1993.

Henriquez’s oral history, played at the event, recalled early life in Tampa and her path to public service. In the recording she said, “It was a very simple life,” and described growing up in the city and entering municipal work. A City Clerk’s Office staff member said of Henriquez, “She was she was a class all her own, and I just loved her.”

The program noted other formal recognitions: Henriquez received the Josephine Howard Stafford Award in 2014. Speakers at the event urged attendees to increase awareness of local archival holdings and to use the city’s oral-history recordings and preserved documents for research. Organizers framed the tribute as part of a broader Archives Awareness Week schedule of exhibits and programs.

The remarks at the event were commemorative; no formal actions or policy changes were proposed during the presentation. Organizers encouraged the public to attend additional Archives Awareness Week events across the city.","At an Archives Awareness Week event marking Tampa’s 130th anniversary, city officials and colleagues remembered Frances Henriquez, the city’s first woman and first Hispanic city clerk, and highlighted her role creating municipal records programs and the city’s archives.","actionData","errors"]

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Speaker highlights Tampa’s 1925 growth: Booker T. Washington School, West Tampa annexation, Davis Islands and Temple Terrace

Tampa honors Frances Henriquez, first woman and first Hispanic city clerk