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Historic preservation staff report new finial installed on El Centro Espanol de Ybor after lightning strike
Summary
Historic preservation staff told the City of Tampa Historic Preservation Commission that emergency repairs to the El Centro Espanol de Ybor included removing a damaged finial, casting a mold and installing a new finial; restoration and roofing work are ongoing and staff will continue monitoring progress.
Heather Bonds, historic preservation specialist for the City of Tampa, told the Historic Preservation Commission that the El Centro Espanol de Ybor—part of the Ybor City Historic District—suffered a lightning strike to a rooftop finial last summer and required emergency repair work.
"We had to fully remove the finial and use it to cast a mold to create a new finial,"…
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