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Do not fill this in! {{Short description|City in the state of Florida, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Temple Terrace, Florida |official_name = City of Temple Terrace |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = "The Terrace" |settlement_type = [[City (Florida)|City]] |motto = "Amazing City, Since 1925",<br> "Tree City USA" <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = File:Woodmont Park.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Gazebo at Woodmont Park |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Official city map of Temple Terrace, Florida |image_map1 = Hillsborough_County_Florida_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Temple_Terrace_Highlighted.svg |mapsize1 = 250x200px |map_caption1 = Location in [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough County]] and the U.S. state of [[Florida]] |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{Flag|United States|size=23px}} |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Florida|size=23px}} |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Florida|County]] |subdivision_name2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Hillsborough County, Florida.svg|size=23px}} [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough]] |subdivision_type3 = [[List of cities in Florida|City]] |subdivision_name3 = {{Flagicon image||size=23px}} [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Temple Terrace]] |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = [[Mayor]] |leader_name = Andy Ross |leader_title1 = [[City Manager]] |leader_name1 = Charles W. 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Box) |area_code = [[Area code 813|813]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 12-71400<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 0292103<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref> |website = {{URL|www.templeterrace.com}} |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = }} '''Temple Terrace''' is an city in northeastern [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough County]], [[Florida]], United States, adjacent to [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 26,690. It is the third and smallest incorporated municipality in Hillsborough County, after Tampa and [[Plant City, Florida|Plant City]]. Incorporated in 1925, the community is known for its rolling landscape, bucolic [[Hillsborough River (Florida)|Hillsborough River]] views, and [[Quercus geminata|sand live oak]] trees; it is a [[Tree City USA]]. Originally planned in the 1920s as a [[Mediterranean Revival architecture|Mediterranean-Revival]] [[golf course community]], it is one of the first such communities in the United States. [[File:New Temple Terrace entry tower, 56th Street.jpg|thumb|2011 Temple Terrace entry tower, 56th Street]] [[File:Temple Terrace canopy.jpg|thumb|Glen Burnie Ave. looking south toward Glen Arven]] Temple Terrace was named for the then-new hybrid, the Temple orange also called the [[tangor]]. It is a cross between the [[mandarin orange]]—also called the [[tangerine]]—and the common sweet [[Orange (fruit)|orange]]; it was named after Florida-born [[William Chase Temple]], one-time owner of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], founder of the [[Temple Cup]], and first president of the Florida Citrus Exchange. Temple Terrace was the first place in the United States where the new Temple orange was grown in large quantities. The "terrace" portion of the name refers to the terraced terrain of the area by the river where the city was founded. One of the original houses also had a terraced yard with a lawn sloping, in tiers, toward the river. [[Image:Rolling TT.jpg|170px|left|thumb|Rolling Temple Terrace landscape, photo circa 1923]] ==History== {{Unreferenced|section|date=February 2022}} ===Pre-Columbian=== The original inhabitants of the Temple Terrace area were known as the [[Tocobaga]], a group of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] living around Tampa Bay, both in prehistoric and historic times, until roughly 1760. Their numbers declined in the seventeenth century, due at least in part to diseases brought to the New World by the Europeans, to which they had little natural resistance. All of the Florida tribes were also severely affected by the raids of [[Muscogee|Creeks]] and [[Yamasee]] during the late stages of the seventeenth century. In any case, the Tocobaga disappeared from history less than a hundred years later. ===Spanish exploration=== [[Image:1757 Celi.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The earliest known map of the Tampa Bay area. It is by Spanish explorer Don Francisco Maria Celi of the Spanish Royal Fleet, 1757. This copy is from the South Florida History Museum; the original is in the Museo Naval de Madrid, Spain. The river on the upper left of the map is the Hillsborough, and the area designated as "El Pinal de la Cruz de Santa Teresa" is today in Temple Terrace. "El Salto" are the rapids at [[Hillsborough River State Park]], where the journey ended. The map is oriented so that east is to the top.]] [[Image:Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club.jpg|right|thumb|1920s Temple Terrace postcard]] Spanish exploration of the Temple Terrace area dates back to 1757 when explorer [[Don Francisco Maria Celi]] of the Spanish Royal Fleet made his way up the Hillsborough River (naming it "El Rio de San Julian y Arriaga") to what is now Riverhills Park in search of pine trees to use as masts for his ships. Here, in the extensive [[longleaf pine]] forest, he erected a cross in what he named "El Pinal de la Cruz de Santa Teresa" (the Pine Forest of the Cross of Saint Theresa). Confirmation of the fleet's travels is found in its map and logbook. A historic marker and a replica of the cross erected to honor St. Theresa are found in Riverhills Park today. Up to 1913, the longleaf pine, [[Quercus geminata|sand live oak]], and cypress trees made the area suitable for [[turpentine]] manufacturing and logging. [[Image:Bertha Honore Palmer.jpg|112px|left|thumb|Bertha Honoré Palmer]] ===The Potter Palmer years=== The area now known as Temple Terrace was originally part of an exclusive {{convert|19000|acre|km2|adj=on}} game preserve called "Riverhills" belonging to Chicago socialite [[Bertha Palmer]], wife of businessman [[Potter Palmer]]. She played an extensive role in making [[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]] the "City of the Arts" that it is today. She was one of the largest landholders, ranchers, farmers, and developers in Florida at the turn of the twentieth century. The ''Evening Independent'' newspaper in 1918 described the preserve as "a well-stocked hunting preserve north of Tampa being one of the most attractive hunting grounds in the state." Property acquisition by the Palmers and the [[Henry Honoré|Honoré]]s began in 1910; only one of the original buildings from the preserve, now known as the Woodmont Clubhouse, remains. Because it escaped logging, the grounds of the clubhouse harbor some of the largest specimens of live oak and longleaf pine in the city. ===The Mediterranean Revival golf course community=== Mrs. Potter-Palmer's vision for her property was that it be developed into a [[golf course community]] surrounded by extensive citrus groves, but her death in 1918 prevented her from fully realizing that vision. At her death, the trustee of her estate and brother, Adrian Honoré, sold her local land holdings to Burks Hamner, [[Image:Longleaf Pines.jpg|110px|left|thumb|Longleaf Pine forest: 1921 Burgert Brothers photo of Temple Terrace pre-development]] Vance Helm, Maud Fowler, [[Cody Fowler]], and D. Collins Gillett, who formed two development corporations: Temple Terrace Estates, Inc., which developed the golf course and residential areas; and Temple Terraces, Inc., which developed {{convert|5000|acre|km2}} of orange groves that originally surrounded the city to the west and north, the largest orange grove in the world in the 1920s. (Adrian Honoré retained a seat on the board.) D. Collins Gillett oversaw Temple Terraces, Inc. and owned the first and largest citrus nursery in Florida, Buckeye Nurseries of Tampa. His father, Myron E. Gillett, thirty-first mayor of Tampa, was instrumental in popularizing the exotic hybrid Temple orange in the United States. The 1920 vision for the community was that wealthy retired Northerners would purchase one of the lots in Temple Terrace, build a Mediterranean Revival villa on the lot and also purchase a parcel in the extensive adjoining citrus grove to either manage as a hobby or provide extra income. Temple Terrace was originally only occupied during "The Season" (which lasted roughly from December to the annual Washington Ball held at the clubhouse on February 22). For the rest of the year, the houses were cared for by caretakers until The Season came again and the homeowners returned. In 1924, part of the {{convert|5000|acre|km2|adj=on}} area platted as the Temple Orange grove and called Temple Terraces, Inc. was developed into the present-day neighborhood of [[Temple Crest]], immediately adjacent to Temple Terrace and its west, hugging the Hillsborough River. The land occupied by nearby [[Busch Gardens]] was also part of Mrs. Palmer's original {{convert|19000|acre|km2|adj=on}} ranch. [[File:TTCC.jpg|thumb|right|Temple Terrace Community Church]] [[Image:Temple Orange Grove2.jpg|110px|left|thumb|1920s postcard of the "World's Greatest Citrus Grove"]] In 1925 and 1926, the [[Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club]] (which is still in existence) hosted the [[Florida Open]] (in 1925 billed as the "Greatest Field of Golfers ever to Play in Florida"). "Long" [[Jim Barnes]] was the resident professional of the course at the time (James Kelly Thomson was the course's first pro), and every major golfer of the day competed in the event except for [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones]]. [[Leo Diegel]] won the tournament. Jim Barnes' friend [[Fred McLeod (golfer)|Fred McLeod]] is also associated with the early days of the course. The golf-course architect was [[Tom Bendelow]], who also designed [[Medinah Country Club]]'s Course #3 in Chicago, a 7,508-yard (7,385 m) golf course that has hosted three U.S. Opens (1949, 1975, 1990) and two PGA Championships (1999, 2006). The golf course of the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club is virtually unchanged since its design by Bendelow and is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. It measures 6,414 yards with a par of 72. Temple Terrace is one of the first planned golf-course communities in the United States (1920). The town plan was created by town planner and landscape architect George F. Young, who also created the plan for nearby [[Davis Islands (Tampa)]] and McClelland Park (Sarasota), among others. The architecture was designed in the Mediterranean-Revival style by two different architects in two different periods. The first phase was in 1921 by noted Tampa architect [[M. Leo Elliott]] ([[Centro Asturiano de Tampa]] and Old [[Tampa City Hall]]) designed the initial houses and the public buildings. In 1926 renowned New York architect [[Dwight James Baum]] (architect of [[John Ringling]]'s [[Cà d'Zan]], the Hotel El Verona in Sarasota, and the West Side YMCA in New York City) also designed residences in Temple Terrace. [[Image:Temple Terrace Master Plan circa1921.jpg|250px|left|thumb|The Vision: 1922 Temple Terrace Master Plan (looking northwest). Recently discovered colorized photograph showing the "world's largest citrus grove in the 1920s" ({{convert|5000|acre|km2}} of Temple oranges) to the west and north surrounding the village. The Hillsborough River is in the foreground; the Bullard Parkway bridge crosses the river; 56th Street does not yet exist, but Nebraska Avenue is on the left horizon.]] [[Image:Temple Terrace MacDonald.JPG|120px|right|thumb|Mid-Century Modern architecture in Temple Terrace]] There are fifteen houses and buildings designed by Elliott remaining in the city, the largest collection of his work anywhere. In addition, there are over 35 houses in the city designed by architect Dwight James Baum, which is thought to be the largest collection of his work in the [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]]. Temple Terrace struggled through the 1930s like the rest of Florida. Building activity began to pick up again after [[World War II]]. There is now a fine collection of mid-century modern homes and buildings, at least two of which were designed by well-known architect Frank Albert DePasquale. ==Florida College== [[Florida Bible Institute]] bought the old Country Club Clubhouse in the late 1930s from the city for back taxes and remains a cherished part of Florida College. [[Florida College]] is now a private liberal arts college (founded in 1946) and occupies some of the community's oldest buildings, including the Temple Terrace Country Club, which is now Sutton Hall. [[Billy Graham]] attended Florida Bible Institute, which owned the property now occupied by Florida College, in the late 1930s. In his autobiography, he writes that he received his calling "on the 18th green of the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club". A Billy Graham Memorial Park is on the east side of the 18th green on the river. ==Rejuvenation and redevelopment== Temple Terrace's rebirth took place in 1984–1987 with the appointment of Thomas C. Mortenson as the City's Building and Zoning Director and 1st Community Development Director [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/336291860/]. Mortenson, with the assistance of City Engineer Paul Tomasino, and City Attorney Ted Taub, were responsible for the annexation of Telecom Park and numerous areas adjacent to the city, thereby tripling the tax base and doubling the size of the city. Creating a favorable development environment and working with the Mayor and City Council, the trio worked to attract new businesses, and shopping centers, as well as redevelopment of existing business areas and vastly expanded housing in the community. Numerous new subdivisions were created during this period giving the city a firm tax base and identity that made Temple Terrace a desirable safe place for raising families, conducting business, and an environmentally sound community [https://www.dl-online.com/news/559906-mortenson-hits-ground-running]. Temple Terrace is currently in the process of redeveloping {{convert|50|acre|m2}} (the southeast quadrant) of its 1960s-era downtown. The goal of the city is to build a mixed-use, medium-density, pedestrian-oriented downtown. The city hired noted town planner [http://www.tortigallas.com Torti Gallas + Partners] in 2004 to create a [[New Urbanist]] [http://www.tortigallas.com/portfolio/downtown-temple-terrace-revitalization-master-plan master plan and redevelopment code] for the entire {{convert|225|acre|km2|adj=on}} downtown area (four quadrants of 56th Street and Busch Boulevard), all with citizen input. The city also initiated a [[form-based code]] for its downtown, created a façade-improvement grant program, implemented a multi-modal transportation model to encourage alternatives to the automobile, and began revitalizing 56th Street with entry towers, landscaping, street furniture, placing utilities underground, and improved lighting. The site of the new downtown area is the site of the downtown area that was originally planned in the 1920s but never built because of the Great Depression. Many of the planning concepts and architecture of the redevelopment area are based on the original plan and Temple Terrace's unique 1920s historic Mediterranean Revival architecture. ==Neighbors== Many of Temple Terrace's residents teach or work at the nearby [[University of South Florida]], and the close-knit community has strong ties to that institution. (The USF campus was also part of Mrs. Palmer's original {{convert|19000|acre|km2|adj=on}} ranch.) [[Image:Don Francisco Maria Celi.jpg|160px|right|thumb|Don Francisco Maria Celi plaque at Riverhills Park]] Eureka Springs Park, located to the east of Temple Terrace, is Hillsborough County's only [[botanical garden]]. The {{convert|31|acre|m2|adj=on}} park was started by Russian immigrant and amateur horticulturalist Albert Greenberg, who donated his park to the county in 1967. Poet [[Robert Frost]] and other famous personalities made it a point to visit Greenberg in the years before World War II. The [[Museum of Science & Industry (Tampa)|Museum of Science & Industry]], commonly called MOSI, is located in Tampa near the Temple Terrace city line. Sitting just one mile to the west of Temple Terrace is [[Busch Gardens Tampa]]. ==Geography== [[File:Hillsborough River at Lettuce Lake Park.jpg|thumb|Hillsborough River at Riverhills Park]] Temple Terrace is located in north-central Hillsborough County at {{coord|28|2|30|N|82|22|57|W|type:city}} (28.041546, –82.382519).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The city is bounded by [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] to the west and north, [[Del Rio, Florida|Del Rio]] to the south, and rural [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough County]], near [[Interstate 75 in Florida|Interstate 75]], to the east. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|18.4|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|17.7|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.7|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 3.70%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1271400| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Temple Terrace city, Florida| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=May 1, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The [[Hillsborough River (Florida)|Hillsborough River]] flows through the eastern and southern parts of the city and forms some of its southern boundary. ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1940= 215 |1950= 433 |1960= 3812 |1970= 7347 |1980= 11097 |1990= 16444 |2000= 20918 |2010= 24541 |2020= 26690 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref> }} ===2010 and 2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" |+'''Temple Terrace racial composition'''<br> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br> !Race !Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Temple Terrace city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Temple+Terrace+city;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> !Pop 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Temple Terrace city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Temple+Terrace+city;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> !% 2010 !% 2020 |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH) |14,299 |12,968 |58.27% |48.59% |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH) |4,581 |5,986 |18.67% |22.43% |- |[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH) |84 |49 |0.34% |0.18% |- |[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH) |1,328 |1,531 |5.41% |5.74% |- |[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH) |17 |25 |0.07% |0.09% |- |[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH) |79 |184 |0.32% |0.69% |- |[[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races/Multiracial]] (NH) |556 |1,199 |2.27% |4.49% |- |[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race) |3,597 |4,748 |14.66% |17.79% |- |'''Total''' |'''24,541''' |'''26,690''' | | |- |} As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 26,690 people, 10,490 households, and 5,652 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Temple Terrace city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Temple+Terrace+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 24,541 people, 9,888 households, and 5,303 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Temple Terrace city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Temple+Terrace+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> ===2000 census=== As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 20,918 people, 8,671 households, and 5,350 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 1,177.3/km<sup>2</sup> (3,051.2/mi<sup>2</sup>). There were 9,359 housing units at an average density of 526.8/km<sup>2</sup> (1,365.1/mi<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 80.46% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.16% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.37% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.59% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.13% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.39% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.90% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 11.34% of the population. In 2000, there were 8,671 households, out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.3% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.95. In 2000, in the city, the population was spread out, with 22.2% under the age of 18, 12.4% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males. In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $44,508, and the median income for a family was $56,809. Males had a median income of $38,384 versus $32,107 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $26,515. About 5.4% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over. ==Notable people== * [[Pam Bondi]], 37th Florida Attorney General * [[Sammy Ellis]], professional baseball pitcher * [[Cody Fowler]], prominent Florida attorney and former President of the American Bar Association * [[Napoleon Hill]], motivational author and speaker * [[Peter Palmer (actor)|Peter Palmer]], actor * [[Colonel Tom Parker]], Elvis Presley's manager * [[Robin Roberts (baseball)|Robin Roberts]], [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[baseball]] [[pitcher]] ([[Philadelphia Phillies]]) ==Education== Temple Terrace is served by [[Hillsborough County Schools]]. ===Elementary schools=== *Temple Terrace Elementary *Riverhills Elementary *Lewis Elementary ===Middle schools=== *Terrace Community Middle School *Angelo L. Greco Middle School *[[C. Leon King High School]] ===High school=== *Dr. Kiran C. Patel High School ===Private schools=== *Temple Terrace Presbyterian Weekday School *Florida College Academy (private school) *Corpus Christi Catholic School *[[American Youth Academy]] ===College=== *[[Florida College]] ==Library== [[File:Temple Terrace Public Library.jpg|thumb|Temple Terrace Public Library]] The [[Temple Terrace Public Library]] is located at 202 Bullard Parkway in the City of Temple Terrace and is part of the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative (HCPLC). === History === The Temple Terrace Library was established in 1959 by the Temple Terrace Women's Club. The doors officially opened on January 15, 1960 after pursuing a collection of enough donations to facilitate a small library for the community. It was originally run by volunteers of the Women's Club and was located in a small house. As demand grew, they relocated to a City Hall building in April 1961, which is now part of Florida College. The library shortly outgrew this too as they built their collection and by 1965 they needed a new building and a larger overall operation which included appointing a Library Board which was run by the city. They broke ground in September of that year and opened in April 1966. The Women's Club remained involved and provided the money for the library's service desk. By the mid-70's they were running out of space and added 5,600 square feet which enlarged the structure by April 1978. On February 18, 1982 tragedy ensued when a fire was set by an arsonist. The library lost a devastating 11,666 books and 1,010 recordings. The Women's Club stepped in again and helped restore the building which then opened a year after the fire. In the meantime, they relocated materials to the Lightfoot Recreation Center to keep the library going. In 1997 the library was once again renovated for expansion which brought the library to 20,000 square feet. It reopened in March 1998 with an online catalog, computers, and internet access which is largely how it is utilized to this day with a collection of over 100,000 volumes and 52 community computers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Library History {{!}} Temple Terrace, FL - Official Website|url=https://www.templeterrace.com/269/Library-History|access-date=2021-11-28|website=www.templeterrace.com}}</ref> === Services === Services include a standard book, eBook, CD, and DVD checkout. There is access to computers, Wi-Fi, and other technologies as well as regular and 3D printing. There are meeting and study rooms, safe areas for children, and a Book Nook provided by the local Friends of the Temple Terrace Library organization. There are programs for children, teens, and adults which include activities and resources for certain age groups and developmental levels ranging from storytime to crafts and appropriate games. The library also offers many resources beyond books such as sewing machines, cooking items, tools, board games, and neckties to borrow for various reasons. You can even "check out" a limited number of seed packets each month that does not have to be returned and come with instructions on how to take care of them. These are all resources that have been proven to be successful in the local community to help provide items that may only occasionally be needed. Partnering up with the University of South Florida Special & Digital Collections and Tampa-Hillsborough County Libraries, the Temple Terrace Library has also been able to provide access to archives of the local newspapers, the Temple Terrace Beacon and Temple Terrace Sentinel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Library {{!}} Temple Terrace, FL - Official Website|url=https://www.templeterrace.com/154/Public-Library|access-date=2021-11-28|website=www.templeterrace.com}}</ref> ==Sister cities== Temple Terrace has a [[town twinning|sister city]]: *{{flagicon|UK}} [[Eastleigh (borough)|Eastleigh]], [[England]], in the [[United Kingdom]] ''since 1989''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.templeterrace.com/media/releases/EastleighVisit_091707.pdf|title= City of Temple Terrace News Release}}</ref><ref name="Eastleigh">{{cite web |url=http://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/the-council/the-mayor-of-eastleigh/twin-towns.aspx |title=Eastleigh Borough Council: Twin Towns |last=Eastleigh Borough Council |work=eastleigh.gov.uk |year=2011 |access-date=May 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723094936/http://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/the-council/the-mayor-of-eastleigh/twin-towns.aspx |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{cite book|title=Temple Terrace|author=Lana Burroughs |author2=Tim Lancaster |author3=Grant Rimbey |publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sofaq_U8Hz0C|isbn=978-0-7385-8654-0}} * {{cite book|title=Temple Terrace: The First Fifty Years|url=http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/c54.4|author=Cleo N. Burney|publisher=Friends of the Temple Terrace Public Library|year=1975|location=Temple Terrace, Florida}} ==External links== * [http://www.templeterrace.com/ City of Temple Terrace official website] *{{Gnis|292103}} {{Commons category}} {{Tampa Bay Area}} {{Hillsborough County, Florida}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Cities in Hillsborough County, Florida]] [[Category:Cities in Florida]] [[Category:1920 establishments in Florida]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! 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