Description

This beautifully restored home, built in 1924, is just blocks away from Tampa Bay’s oldest house. It was originally owned by Annie and Johnny Hesoun who are sitting on the bench on the left side of the photo. The Hesoun’s were Czechoslovakian immigrants, celery farmers, and owners of the Cedar Tree Meat Market, located just a block away on 7th Avenue. Later, their daughter Johnnie Hesoun and her husband Ambrose ran the store, which was later sold to Deedon Sheet Metal.

6 Responses

1. Dave Rau says:

   April 28, 2011 at 9:54 am

   The family portrait even captures a pedestrian in the distance; unheard of in today’s Tampa, unless your car just broke down.

2. Bryan says:

   April 28, 2011 at 10:46 am

   I never had a family portrait after my car broke down…

3. Dan Perez says:

   April 29, 2011 at 6:51 pm

   Spledid! Such an interesting photo, and history. Except for the paint job, the house is virtually unchanged, architecturally. Rockers on the lawn!

4. Eric says:

   June 20, 2012 at 6:00 pm

   I grew up 3 house down from this house! So cool!

5. Bryan says:

   July 17, 2012 at 8:54 am

   Eric – By any chance do you have any historic photos of your old home?

6. Tampa Changing: Rephotography Shows City Then And Now says:

   February 6, 2016 at 5:02 pm

   […] conducts additional research to tell the story behind the historic photos, like a house in Ybor City that was originally owned in 1924 by Czechoslovakian immigrants and celery farmers named the […]

Onward

‹

›