That wouldn't be the Mugge Bldg., it would be in the opposite direction. The Mugge homestead was at what is now downtown central. It was a single-story family homestead with a large vegetable garden in back, a fence, and a large ditch for dumping all the broken soda bottles. They made the sodas/colas in the family bathtub. Part of the backyard and the ditch are now under Marion Street and the Hartline Transit road. I was one of three people allowed to dig the site overnight before the sewer lines were replaced and the road repaved the next day. Most all the Mugges (bottles of a certain type, called blob-tops) we found, were broken tops but there we found an assortment of good ones, plus beer and champagne bottles, and one arrowhead I found, about 12' below the road surface. I worked in a law firm in the building and the security guard got clearance from the owner for us to dig, then he kindly checked on us through the night on his regular rounds, for safety. Thus my interest in Mr. Mugge and his family. If you stood looking west, facing Mr. Mugge's home, the old City Hall would be one block north and (I believe) two blocks west. It's a commonly used landmark, for it's roof. Now I've learned Mr. Mugge, after his youthful days of trying to make a living making soda-pop, ventured out and had a real business and a building. The area you describe would be due west of his home. Leland Hawes did a nice article on Mr. Mugge some time ago and may have mentioned it in there. The library would have it on microfilm. It has to be a downtown building facing west, if you see the bay, Hyde Park and the Favorite Line Steamers. I just looked in one of Hampton's books: "Yesterday's Tampa," p.83, and the photo of the Bay View Hotel appears is 10 stories tall. Hampton captioned it: Bay View Hotel might have been a warehouse, save for a change of plans during construction. Built by pioneer developer Robert Mugge in 1912, the "skyscraper" originally was designed to be a warehouse. But during construction, Mugge decided to turn the building into a hotel. His description of the hostelry on Washington Street, near Franklin Street: 'This hotel is a cross between a YMCA and a 10-story bar room." This photo was made in 1921. The hotel is still in operation.' " The book has a 1972 copyrite, and the area of Washington and Franklin, looking west, would give the view you describe. The name "Muggs" in Tampa history just doesn't cut it, whereas Mugge [MUG-gee] was a pioneer in many fields. I bow to the knowledge and expertise of Paul Camp, the Floridiana librarian at USF. He's a nice guy and loves anything Florida. Go to the USF site and email him. We were both friends and admirers of Hampton Dunn. Sue At 09:07 AM 9/11/06 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Sue, > > Thanks! I just got back from vacation and am able to look at a black > and white copy of the picture. It is typewritten on the copy "Hyde Park > from Old Muggs Building - 1913. It is a picture that was taken from a > taller building that looks out over a sign called the Favorite Line > Steamers and shows water and what looks to be an old power plant possibly > on Bayshore Blvd. To the right of the picture is a building with a sign > that says CONSOLIDAT (picture is cut off at this point). Do you know if > the Old Mugge Building was a tall building? > > Thanks. > > Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers > > > >suebod <[email protected]> wrote: > Was wondering if your Muggs Building might be the Mugge Building. It was >the homestead of Mr. Mugge and his family, downtown on the SE corner of the >block currently occupied by [what used to be] One Mack Center, the smallest >of the tall glass buildings, next door to the pink glass County Building. >There are photos of the Mugge home where the family manufactured and >bottled sodas, a strawberry for one. Mr. Mugge was a good friend of >Anhauser Busch up north and Busch later encouraged him to move his >operation south the Tampa. > >Do contact Paul Camp at USF-Library, Floridiana Collection. He and Cantor >Brown are our Florida experts. If he doesn't know, you can contact Dr. >Brown through the Tampa Bay Historical Society. > >Sue Bodishbaugh > > >At 07:31 PM 9/9/06 -0700, you wrote: > >Thanks Mary Alice! I will incorporate the answers I have received into my > >engraving plates on the pictures. Still looking for the Old Muggs > >building. I am guessing it was in the Hyde Park area. > > > > Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers > > > >Mary Alice wrote: > > > >Subject: [FLHILLSB] Need Help with some Local Places > > > > > > > > > > Goldstein's Pool - Anybody know where this was located? Picture was taken > > > in 1922. > > > >Talking to my sister-in-law, she said the Goldstein Pools (there were three > >of them hooked togeather) were located on North River Blvd, between Sligh > >and Flora Ave. Says her mom and dad took her there regularly. Her time > >period was abt 1935. They were spring fed and water flowed from one pool to > >the next and then into the river. They have been filled in and houses are > >built into their place. Don't know if there is still a spring somewhere in > >that area or not. > > > > > Pool on Davis Island - Does anyone know the name of this pool? I believe > > > it is still in existance. > > > >It is still in existance and have asked several people and everyone only > >remembers it being called tge Davis Island Pool. > >You might call the Parks and Recreation Department. > > > > > Old Muggs Building - Anyone know where this is located? > > > >Not a clue on this one. > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >Do you Yahoo!? > > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! 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