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Can the historic Sulphur Springs Tourist Club, lately known as the Harbor Club, spring back to life once again?

In the early 20th Century, Sulphur Springs was its own town, and better-known than Tampa. Built around a natural spring that endures to this day, the area was developed as a resort destination.

The Sulphur Springs Tourist Club was built in 1925, at 915 E Grant Ave., and was among the major developments in the neighborhood that cropped up that decade, including the Sulphur Springs Water Tower and Sulphur Springs Arcade. The club offered dining and entertainment, and housed several shops.

Eventually the neighborhood declined, the arcade was demolished, and the water tower and Tourist Club fell into disuse and disrepair. In recent years the 8,800 square foot building was renamed the Harbor Club and played host to a litany of restaurants, night clubs and music venues, many of them short-lived.

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The old building retains its perch on the Hillsborough River, but now sits vacant. 

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