Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Harvey Firestone

Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

1. Harvey Firestone Marker

Inscription. Harvey Firestone
1868 - 1938
Fort Myers

Founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company whose pioneering innovations revolutionized the commercial rubber industry, and who advanced scientific research in Florida and co-founded the Edison Botanic Research Corporation to develop a domestic source of natural rubber.

2020 Inductee

Erected 2020 by Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine.

Location. 28° 3.443′ N, 82° 24.927′ W. Marker is in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It can be reached from USF Alumni Drive 0.1 miles west of Leroy Collins Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame is located at the Research and Innovation Park on the University of South Florida campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa FL 33612, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Tampa Bay.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Richard A. Houghten (here, next to this marker); Robert Holton (here, next to this marker); Janet K. Yamamoto (here, next to this marker); Sudipta Seal

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(here, next to this marker); Richard A. Yost (here, next to this marker); Leslie Kramer (here, next to this marker); Edwin A. Link (here, next to this marker); William S. Dalton (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tampa.

Also see . . .
1. Harvey Firestone. (Submitted on May 5, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
2. Honoring the Greatest Florida Inventors. (Submitted on May 5, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

2. Harvey Firestone Marker

Harvey Firestone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

3. Harvey Firestone

Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 5, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 260 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 5, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.