Francis J. Kennard
American architect / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francis J. Kennard (March 15, 1865 - April 29, 1944[1]) was a prolific architect of many prominent buildings in Tampa, Florida. The public buildings he designed are often in the Neoclassical style. His work includes Hillsborough High School,[2] St. Andrews Episcopal Church,[3] and the Belleview-Biltmore Hotel.[4] Kennard employed the French Renaissance Revival style in his design for el Centro Español de Tampa as well as influences from Moorish Revival and Spanish Mediterranean Revival.[citation needed]
Kennard's expansion plan for the Boca Grande Hotel became the Gasparilla Inn.[5] At the opening, a contact he made later contracted for Kennard to design for the Colonial Theatre (Bethlehem, New Hampshire), called Art Deco although it predates that style's designated period.