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

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Established 1890

Photographed by Fr. Len Plazewski, June 29, 2011

1. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Marker

Inscription. Situated on land purchased from Vincente Martinez-Ybor with a donation from Henry Flagler, Father Philippe de Carriere, S.J. purchased this land for the local diocese to minister to the influx of Spanish speaking immigrants. In September 1890 a small wood-frame church named Our Lady of Mercy opened on this site. The following year the Sisters of St. Joseph opened St. Joseph's Academy next door. By 1922 a separate church, Most Holy Name, was started about 8 blocks away to care for the growing Italian presence in Ybor City. Care of both churches was transferred to the Salesians in 1926 and then to the Redemptorists in 1934. In 1937 the original church was razed as the present Romanesque church was built under the title of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. In 1944 the School Sisters of Notre Dame took over O.L.P.H. Academy until its closing in 1975, the result of the mechanization of the cigar industry and urban renewal.

Erected 2011 by Diocese of St. Petersburg.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Hispanic Americans • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1890.

Location. 27° 57.787′ N,

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82° 26.371′ W. Marker is in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It is in Ybor City. It can be reached from the intersection of East 11th Avenue and Angel Oliva Senior Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1711 E 11th Ave, Tampa FL 33605, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on 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: La Quinta (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Historic Fire Station No. 4 (about 600 feet away); Ybor Centennial Park (about 600 feet away); La Joven Francesa Bakery (about 600 feet away); Historic Fort King Trail (about 700 feet away); Anthony P. Pizzo

Interior of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church - Main Altar image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Fr. Len Plazewski, January 13, 2010

2. Interior of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church - Main Altar

(about 800 feet away); Mayor Nick C. Nuccio (about 800 feet away); Anthony P. "Tony" Pizzo (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tampa.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Birthplace of Tony Pizzo (was about 700 feet away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Marker on facade of church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Fr. Len Plazewski, June 29, 2011

3. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Marker on facade of church

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Fr. Len Plazewski, June 29, 2011

4. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

Photographed by Fr. Len Plazewski, January 13, 2010

5. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

Interior of Our Lady of Perpetual Help image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Fr. Len Plazewski, January 13, 2010

6. Interior of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2011, by Fr. Len Plazewski of Tampa, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,121 times since then and 93 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 1, 2011, by Fr. Len Plazewski of Tampa, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.