Tampa · Downtown Tampa
Le Méridien Tampa
Tampa's 1905 federal post office and courthouse, converted into a 130-room hotel.
- Built
- 1905built 1902–05 as the U.S. post office, custom house and courthouse; converted to a hotel that opened in 2014
- Style
- Greek Revival / Renaissance (NRHP record)
- Architect
- James Knox Taylor (Supervising Architect, U.S. Treasury)
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 130
- Area
- Downtown Tampa
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Designed under Treasury Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor, the building was completed in 1905 as Tampa’s federal post office and custom house; the federal courts moved in in 1931, and the post office stayed until 1984. A district court history calls it the oldest significant building in Tampa designed for government use; it is now owned by the City of Tampa. After a $26 million conversion it opened as Le Méridien Tampa in 2014, keeping the marble and terrazzo lobby and a judge’s bench. A 2023 renovation refreshed all 130 rooms while preserving the ‘Golden Elevator’, judge and jury benches, witness stand and the hand-painted Courthouse Ballroom ceilings.
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Parking: on-site paid
- Elevator
- Address: 601 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602
Sources (5)
- https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/the-creation-of-the-middle-district-of-florida
- https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/74000633
- https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4065880.html
- https://conventionsouth.com/le-meridien-tampa-the-courthouse-completes-property-wide-renovation/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Courthouse_Building_and_Downtown_Postal_Station_(Tampa,_Florida)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.