page_title: W. B. Henderson
section_title: Giddens Store
hierarchical_section_title: W. B. Henderson / Post-war Tampa / Giddens Store
caption_attribution_description: Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/30001 Local call number: RC06804 Title: Intersection of Franklin and Lafayette Streets in Tampa, Florida Date: 1911 Physical descrip: 1 photonprint - b&amp;w - 8 x 10 in. Series Title: Reference Collection Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL, 32399-0250 USA, Contact: 850.245.6700, Archives@dos.myflorida.com
context_page_description: William Benton Henderson was a cattleman, merchant, and prominent figure in the history of Tampa, Florida. He is the namesake of Henderson Boulevard and Henderson Avenue as well as the former W. B. Henderson elementary school.
  Henderson served with the Confederacy during the Civil War. His company's captain was James Gettis, who raised Henderson's brothers after the death of his father. He then served in the "Cow Cavalry" and commanded it after John T. Lesley was wounded.
  After the war, along with Lesley and James McKay, Henderson shipped cattle to Cuba. He was a member of the firm of Miller & Henderson, then the largest store south of Jacksonville, which housed Tampa's first telegraph.
  Henderson was instrumental in bringing cigar manufacturers Gavino Gutierrez, Ignacio Haya, and Vicente Martinez Ybor to Tampa. He also helped establish Giddens Clothing Company, and ran the Tampa Harness and Wagon Company.
  He established Tampa Heights, the first suburb in Tampa. He was for ten years president of the State Board of Health. He was a part of the Beckwith, Henderson and Warren real estate agency, and held several pieces of land.
context_section_description: Henderson was a partner of Henry Clay Giddens of the Giddens Clothing Company when it started in 1889, at the corner of Franklin and Lafayette streets.
caption: Giddens Corner, 1911
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