Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

55 years ago…

September 7, 1951 – For the second time in two years, Hillsborough County’s 1892 Courthouse failed to attract a buyer when advertised for public sale. County Commissioners promptly announced they would discontinue efforts to dispose of the property by public sale and would seek to sell it in a private transaction authorized by a special act of the legislature. The minimum bid required for purchasing the property was $776,000 ($5.9 million in today’s dollars). Realtor Leslie H. Blank believed the reason the property did not sell was because the commission set the minimum far too high.

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

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