The Jackson House served as a safe haven for African American travelers during segregation, hosting people such as Ella Fitzgerald and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The historic Jackson House is falling apart piece by piece, and now its future may hang in limbo, too.

Days after the Tampa City Council passed a resolution to restore the Jackson House, a downtown segregation-era Black boarding ...

Crews are racing to make emergency repairs to the historic Jackson House in downtown Tampa after part of its side collapsed ...

A portion of the historic Jackson House collapsed days after the Tampa City Council approved a resolution that could preserve ...

Tampa’s historic Jackson House collapses days after a preservation vote. Now, the Jackson House Foundation is working quickly to save this iconic Black landmark.

Just days after the Tampa City Council approved a resolution between the Jackson House Foundation and a neighboring property, ...

The segregation-era rooming house was one of the only places for Black travelers in the city. There is an ongoing effort to preserve the home's history.

On Thursday, the Tampa City Council quietly approved a resolution that may spur preservation for the Jackson House, the ...

The gist is that the surrounding property owner will a cede 10-foot strip of land on either side of the building in exchange ...

The 24-room Jackson House was built at the turn of the 20th century. James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald and Cab Calloway stayed there, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visited.

Built in phases between 1905 and 1920, the Jackson House was Tampa’s only 24-room boardinghouse for African Americans during segregation.