Perry G. Wall II
Perry G. Wall II (November 22, 1867 - January 25, 1944) was an American businessman and politician in Tampa, Florida.
He was the grandson of Judge Perry Green Wall, who had been a pioneer on Florida's west coast and then a judge in Hamilton County, Florida.[1][2]
Wall lived in Spring Hill, Florida.[3] He studied at East Florida Seminary in Gainesville, Florida, and Bingham Military School in Asheville, North Carolina.[2]
He was a partner in the Knight & Wall hardware business with Henry Laurens Knight in Tampa.[4] The two men founded the business in 1884.[4]
Wall was active in multiple civic and political groups, with alliance to the Democratic Party. For two years beginning in 1897, he served on the Hillsborough County School Board.[5] He served on the Executive Committee of the white supremacist White Municipal Party[5] that effectively excluded African Americans from Tampa's mayoral elections for decades from 1910.
Wall was mayor of Tampa, Florida, from January 8, 1924, until January 3, 1928.[5] During his four-year term, Tampa experienced a building boom. Major projects under his leadership included the residential areas of Temple Terrace and Davis Island.[5] While construction had begun in his predecessor's term, the Gandy Bridge to St. Petersburg was opened while Wall was mayor; when constructed, this bridge was the longest automobile toll bridge in the world.[5] A 1926 photograph captured him at a baseball game while he was mayor.[6]
Following his mayoral stint, Wall was chairman of Florida's Committee on Taxation and Finance. He was then appointed as harbormaster in Tampa, serving from 1932 to 1936.[5]
Wall was married to Mattie Houston. Together they had two children.[5]
He died in Tampa on January 25, 1944.
See also
References
- ^ McKay, D. B. (March 11, 1956). "Pioneer Florida: Perry G. Wall, Founder Of Wall Family, Came To Florida in 1820s". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. p. 72 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Knight and Wall Hardware". TampaPix. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ VanLandingham, Kyle S. (November 1997). ""TO FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE MY DUTY": THE LIFE AND CAREER OF PERRY GREEN WALL". Sunland Tribune. 23. Tampa, Florida: Tampa Historical Society: 3–12.
- ^ a b "In the Peninsular State: Knight and Wall Company". Iron Tradesman. 75 (5). Dalton and Atlanta, Georgia: W. R. C. Smith Publishing Company: 24–26. June 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Perry G. Wall - 41st Mayor Of Tampa". City of Tampa, Florida. City of Tampa. June 17, 2014.
- ^ Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection (May 14, 1926). "Mayor Perry G. Wall and realtor H. E. Opre in stands at ball game: Tampa, Fla". HCPLC.org: Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative. Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System. OCLC 48872175.
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