Historic Hyde Park Home Blends New With Old

TAMPA, FL -- The Morrison House is a historic landmark in the Hyde Park Historic District. William A. Morrison built the home in 1885.

• Address: 850 S Newport Ave, Tampa, Florida
• Price: $3,900,000
• Square Feet: 6393
• Bedrooms: 4
• Bathrooms: 3 Full and 2 Half Baths
• Built: 1885

The architecture of the prevailing time was bungalow to prairie and vernacular with this home's style being prairie Italianate architecture.

The Collier family and many of their ancestors resided here. One bought 20 acres which originally belonged to the home and grew and sold vegetables to the U.S. Army at Fort Brook. A state attorney general once resided at the house, Attorney General Thomas Watson.

This home is on more than a half acre of landscaped land with a garden, pool with hot/cold outdoor shower & half bath, cabana, outdoor kitchen, outdoor lounging, eating areas and fire pit area.

Each owner kept the home in impeccable condition. The most recent owner has updated the home while maintaining its romance and charm. The contemporary kitchen and baths are reconstructed but blended with the historic elements.

It features a new three-car garage and upstairs one-bedroom living /dining room and kitchenette apartment.

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