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Presbyterian Towers Resident Association records of Nigel J. Watson, 1993-2008

 

Summary

Creator:
Watson, Nigel
Abstract:
Collection represents the Presbyterian Towers Resident Association files of Nigel Watson, a St. Petersburg real estate agent and activist.
Extent:
2 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Presbyterian Towers Resident Association Records, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection comprised of the Presbyterian Towers Resident Association (PTRA) files from the mid-1990s through 2008. PTRA records include meeting minutes, bylaws, working papers, and newsletters. Material also relates to residential life with photographs, ephemera, and correspondence.

Biographical / historical:

Nigel J. Watson, longtime real estate agent and activist, moved into the Presbyterian Towers in 2004. Located at 430 Bay Street NE in downtown St. Petersburg, this facility has offered senior residential living since opening in 1968. In the early 1960s, Southwest Florida Presbyterians sought solutions to the problem of people (mostly retirees) who had difficulty locating affordable housing. With loan assistance from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, local Presbyteries began to build facilities. As of summer 2008, the Presbyterian Homes and Housing Foundation of Florida, Inc., operated Presbyterian Towers with sponsorship by the Tampa Bay and Peace River Presbyteries. This organization provides over 3,100 units at twelve sites, eleven of which offer residency exclusively to those over the age of sixty-two. The twelfth site (Tampa Presbyterian Village across the Hillsborough River from downtown Tampa) serves families.

Access and use

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Presbyterian Towers Resident Association Records, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.

Location of this collection:
140 7th Avenue South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA