The Cuban Club
Historic social club in Ybor City with a reputation for being haunted and offering ghost tours.
Contents
7 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1The Cuban Club
Welcome, observant traveler. You are standing before one of the most magnificent and historically significant structures in Ybor City: El Círculo Cubano, widely known as The Cuban Club. …
Listen in the app2The Cantina and The Pulse of the Community
Let us mentally step inside the ground floor and enter the Cantina. In the golden age of Ybor City, this vast room would have been a cacophony of sound and a blur of motion. …
Listen in the app3The Grand Theater and The Tragic Actor
Ascending to the upper floors, we arrive at the Cuban Club's magnificent theater. The inclusion of such a grand performance space within a workers' club underscores the high cultural standards of the immigrant community. …
Listen in the app4The Balconies and The Woman in White
If you walk out onto the expansive, neoclassical balconies that grace the exterior of the upper floors, you are treated to a commanding view of Ybor City. These balconies were designed for grand social events. …
Listen in the app5The Basement and The Mafia Tunnels
We must now descend into the depths of the Cuban Club, into the cavernous, concrete basement. As mentioned earlier, basements are an architectural anomaly in Florida due to the high water table, but the slight elevation of Ybor…
Listen in the app6The Indoor Pool and The Drowned Boy
Remaining in the lower levels of the building, we arrive at what is arguably the most unsettling location within the Cuban Club: the site of the former indoor swimming pool. When the club was built, an indoor pool was an…
Listen in the app7Final Reflections
As we conclude our exploration of El Círculo Cubano, let us step back out onto the sunlit streets of Ybor City and take a final, comprehensive look at this magnificent edifice. The Cuban Club is a building of profound duality. …
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What is The Cuban Club?
The Cuban Club is a place with 7 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Type | Activity |
|---|---|
| Story sections | 7 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 27.9644, -82.4433 |
| Last updated |
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