City Transfer Company building, 1702 Grand Central

Front and side facades of the City Transfer Company building on corner of 1702 Grand Central and Rome Avenues, plain stucco exterior with casement windows. 1923 Burgert Brothers. Courtesy, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System

The Primrose School of South Tampa, 1700 W Kennedy Blvd- 2022 © Chip Weiner

The City Transfer Company opened in 1901 at Polk and Tampa Streets downtown. They initially assisted the ever-increasing number of arriving travelers in “transferring” goods like trunks and baggage from the H.B. Plant System depot to wherever the customer was staying. The company also provided handsome carriages to the city. For 25 cents, one of six carriages would pick you up at your residence and take you wherever in town you wished to go. City Transfer moved and continued to grow, changing with the times and developing into a moving and storage company. By the 1960s, they were the local agent for national movers Global Van Lines.

By 1925, this building had been transformed into a Packard Motors dealership, which also housed the Seaboard Investment Company. The Primrose School of South Tampa now occupies the corner.

From Burgert Brothers: Look Again, Vol.2