Cody Fowler House is a historic home built in

Temple Terrace Temple Terrace is a city in northeastern Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, adjacent to Tampa. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 26,690. It is the third and smallest incorporated municipality in Hillsborough County, ...

, Florida, in 1922. It was designed by M. Leo Elliott. The house is located at 313 Sleepy Hollow Avenue. The Fowler House is one of eight original

Mediterranean Revival Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references to Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonial ...

style homes designed for the developers of Temple Terrace by Elliott. It was built for

Cody Fowler Cody Fowler was a lawyer in Tampa, Florida who was noted early in his career for his willingness to defend African Americans in court, something many other white lawyers at the time were unwilling to do. Fowler went on to become chairman of bo ...

, an attorney and former president of the American Bar Association whose mother, Maude Cody Fowler, was one of the founders of Temple Terrace and a Vice-Mayor. Tampa's Fowler Avenue, one of the main thorough fares of Temple Terrace, is named after Maude for her contributions to the development and establishment of Temple Terrace as a prominent community of the Tampa Bay Area.Cody Fowler House
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