“Hyde Park – Spanishtown Creek Civic Association is a non-profit community association.  The organization was formerly known as “Hyde Park North” and re-organized in 2015.  This entire area was once a fishing village formed in the early 1800’s by Spanish settlers.  The village was known as “Spanishtown” and a creek that sprang up from near the corner of present-day Delaware Ave and Platt Street flowed southeast into Hillsborough Bay.  More information about Spanishtown and its creek is available here:

http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org/blog/wcrc/2013/08/30/spanishtown-creek-still-flows-beneath-hyde-park/

Meeting Schedule and Minutes

Boundary Map

The boundaries of the organization begin at site of the historic Seybold Bakery at the corner of Horatio Ave and Dakota Ave and proceed east.  All of the properties east of Boulevard Ave and west of Bayshore Boulevard between Swann Ave to the south and the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway to the north are included.  

May 19th, 2016

• 2nd annual elections were held
  
• Membership Committee was formed.
• First monthly Membership Committee meeting scheduled

February 11, 2016

• First bank account opened, Grow Financial
• First dues collected
• Discussion and research on Willow Ave project for bike lanes by City of Tampa

September 24, 2015

• First set of governing Bylaws were enacted by the Board of Directors
• Discussion and approval of placement for City of Tampa neighborhood signs

Hyde Park - Spanishtown Creek Civic Association

Information on the Tampa Historical Society

Within the boundaries of Hyde Park - Spanishtown Creek, we are proud to claim the headquarters for the Tampa Historical Society.  Located in the historic Peter O. Knight (c. 1890) home at 245 S. Hyde Park Avenue, this not-for-profit organization interprets Tampa history in the Gaslight Era, through publications, programs, tours, lectures, workshops, and special events.  The Society publishes The Sunland Tribune, an annual journal of local history.