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City Will Consider Purchase of Hill Building

Posted by Bob Gernert on February 6, 2008 at 2:14 pm

The Winter Haven City Commission will consider purchase of downtown’s Hill Building at their February 11 Commission meeting. The $1.2 million purchase would further downtown redevelopment within the downtown Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) area. Main Street Winter Haven recently received conceptual designs for the South Central Park area as well as surrounding the Andy Thornal Store. The plans outline significant beautification options as well as future retail and parking. The Hill Building property is an integral part of this area.

The Hill Building was originally constructed as the Broadway Arcade in the mid-1920s by W.B. Craig, a prominent Haven builder. It later served as offices for Tampa Electric Company and was later sold to the Hill family and renamed. The building architecture was altered significantly during the time it housed Tampa Electric and for that reason does not meet historic designation guidelines. The building is shown above as it looks today and below as it looked when completed.

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