Tampa’s Jackson House was once the only place African-Americans could spend a night in the city and guests include celebrities like Ella Fitzgerald, but now the boarding house is in desperate need of repair. https://www.fox13news.com/news/jackson-house-foundation-ready-to-move-forward-with-restoration-plans
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Why wait so long??
What happened to all of the money that Willie Robinson had collected through the past years ? That building could have been restored years ago if they really wanted to.
Every 10 years they tell the story again
crack house
4 million WTF 😠
They vinyl siding could be repurposed. 🤔 With all due respect to those involved, how could such a historic building be just left to the elements?? Florida is not exactly the perfect state weatherwise to preserve an old wood building. The roof looks almost totally useless, the vinyl siding only covered the exterior issues that were already there, and I'm guessing until the fencing went up, this structure was used as a flop house. It's unfortunate the city and those associated with this historical place turned their collective backs on it, and it will take another financial miracle to save it. Any skilled laborers out there that could volunteer to help in the rebuilding to keep costs down? I'd be down with it.
Looks like a barn.
Plenty of wealthy athletes and celebrities to help out. That building looks done for BUT…it has alot of value to preserve/restore history.
People are STARVING AND DYING OF COVOID,CANCER, NM NEGLECT. WTF? 🔥 IT DOWN
Waste of money and resources
Waited long enough – not worth restoring – when you drag your feet so long this is what happens
Where's the rap community with all their millions? crickets
Should have let bubba the Sponge buy it
Why did they let it get that bad in the first place?
It’s a dump and should be razed
What a shame that Tampa has so much black history but yet the black movie stars & rappers don't take any part to save it but yet in a few years when they tear it down they will blame the white people then you will see them on TV to complain but not to open their wallets .
I no a demolition company ready to demolition this junk …. If it was anyone else's house in tampa it would have already been gone
It's should be a black history museum in Tampa we got history down here it's a racist thing that represent every racist but ours
we wuz kangs
It needs some gasoline and a match… its a slum now and was back in the 80s
Can't believe they let it go like that
$32,000 weekly profit Our lord Jesus have lifted up my Life!!!
That's not going to happen that's why they letting it sit up there and deteriorate and what happened to all the money that was supposed to save it
Should be preserved and it should be by tax payers. I'm from Tampa and I'm white. If you don't like that this country was built by immigrants INCLUDING African Americans then maybe YOU should get out of our country!
Let’s preserve buildings of segregation, …The left loves them some racial segregation. No one cares about where some 1920s singer stayed at, $4 million?! hahaha …yeah, that’s called corruption folks.
“Imminent domain to take it back” – what a criminal
He should open up a law book and read the constitution
Famed..but not enough to keep it maintained?..4 mil?..taxpayers better revolt on this?.you have homeless veterans..old people who can't stay in their homes ..and someone wants 4mil to rebuild a pile of rubble?..wake up and take care of real issues…call BLM..apparently they have tons of money that's available.
Just like the sulphur springs theater, our history is continuing to me erased from my hometown.
I hope tax dollars are not going to this
hahahaha nothing like folks begging for donations so they can earn a profit off of a home that is worthless
But isn't this a reminder of black oppression ? Like statues, bridges and flags.
I think it's at least 20 years too late. Why & who let it come down to this? At this point builders are drooling just waiting like a drop of blood around a shark.
That's a lot of money for repairs… Hell I could almost buy me a house in CA for that…☺
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This house looks like a rooming house. I would say roaches but I don't think they would live there. It looks like the wind will blow it over.
Funeral Home 🤧🤧🤧
PLEASE LET THEM RESTORE THAT HOUSE! Right now ppl r tearing down monuments…we need to build this one up. So future generations can learn and experience from it