Community notebook: Bungalow-style house gets designation
By JAY CRIDLIN, LETITIA STEIN and JANET ZINK
Published May 14, 2004
The Hillsborough County Commission on Tuesday designated a home at 315 Moon Ave. in Brandon as a historic landmark.
The house, built in 1928, is historically significant because it's an unaltered example of the bungalow-style architecture typical of the era, preservationists told commissioners. Many of its original design features are intact, including wood clapboard siding, square wood columns on brick pedestals framing the front porch, a decorative gable vent, double-hung windows with three-over-one glass panes, exposed rafter tails and decorative roof brackets. Eric and Celeste Ingraham have lived in the house since 1987.
"We didn't pursue this," Celeste Ingraham said. "The preservation board came to us because they're trying to save the historic structures in Brandon."
The Ingrahams, however, welcomed the board's efforts after watching the nearby Galvin-Jaudon House, a home built more than 100 years ago by one of Brandon's first residents, be demolished by its owners, the First Baptist Church of Brandon.
"We said we can't let that happen here," Eric Ingraham said.
The designation requires owners to consult with the county's Historic Resources Review Board before altering a structure.
Kids raise money, principal loses hair
BRANDON - Brooker students can thank George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees Foundation for the chance to shave principal Jason Pepe's head.
And for the $8,500 donation to help the school raise funds for a covered pavilion area.
Earlier this year, Brooker students raised about $6,700 from a walk-a-thon and donations from the school's business partners. But they fell short of their goal of $15,000.
Principal Pepe promised that students could shave his head - and let the top fundraiser in each grade dunk him into a dunk tank - if the school reached its funding goal.
"We really all pulled together to meet the challenge," Pepe said. "We have a thousand Yankee fans out there celebrating (Steinbrenner's) efforts and really appreciating what he's done for us."
The covered area costs about $13,000 and will be located next to the school's open playing court. The school continues to explore options for building a second covered pavilion.
Neighborhoods get tips on grants
The Office of Neighborhood Relations will hold a series of Neighborhood Mini-Grant orientation classes to give community associations tips on landing grants of up to $1,500 for neighborhood projects.
There is $94,000 available for fiscal year 2005.
Meetings will be held:
* 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Jimmie B. Keel Library, 2902 W. Bearss Ave., Carrollwood.
* 6:30 p.m. May 25 in Temple Terrace City Hall, 11250 N 56th St.
* 6:30 p.m. June 1 in Plant City City Hall, 302 W Reynolds St.
* 10 a.m. June 8 in the Florida Room of the Sun City Center Community Association Office, 1009 N Pebble Beach Blvd.
* 6:30 p.m. June 15 in the Brandon Recreation Center, 502 E Sadie St.
A final meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. June 17 on the 26th floor of the County Center, 601 E Kennedy Blvd. in downtown Tampa.
At each meeting, county officials will explain how to apply for the grants. An application is also available on the Office of Neighborhood Relations' Web site, www.hillsboroughcounty.orc/onr/home.html Applications are due July 23; grants will be awarded this fall.
For information, call Neighborhood Relations at 272-5882.
