Wallace Oliver Stovall Sr. (December 14, 1891 – May 19, 1966) was the publisher of the ''

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''. The Wallace Stovall building, built in 1926 according to designs by Tampa architect B. Clayton Bonfoey, was located at 416 Tampa Street and Lafayette Street (309 North Morgan Street). It was used as a

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(WPA) Headquarters during the

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of the 1930s and was eventually demolished. His father Col. Wallace F. Stovall was an editor at the ''Tribune'' in 1910. Stovall was married to Doris Knight Stovall (1893–1979). He was a FL Y2 USNRF World War I. His children included Wallace Oliver Stovall (1919–2012). He also has a grandson named Wallace O. Stovall III. Stovall is buried in the

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cemetery in Tampa. Wallace O. Stovall
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Stovall House

The

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is the historic home in

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that his father acquired in 1915. It is located at 4621

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. On September 4, 1974, it was added to the

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. There was also a Wallace Stovall III.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stovall, Wallace American newspaper publishers (people) People from Tampa, Florida 1891 births 1966 deaths