page_title: Tarpon Springs, Florida
section_title: Historic sites
hierarchical_section_title: Tarpon Springs, Florida / History / Historic sites
caption_attribution_description: English: The front of the Tarpon Springs Depot in 2016.
context_page_description: Tarpon Springs is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 23,484 at the 2010 census. Tarpon Springs has the highest percentage of Greek Americans of any city in the US. Downtown Tarpon has long been a focal point and is currently undergoing beautification.
context_section_description: There are several districts or properties in Tarpon Springs that have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
  Tarpon Springs Greektown Historic District
  Tarpon Springs Historic District
  Arcade Hotel
  Old Tarpon Springs City Hall
  Old Tarpon Springs High School
  Safford House
  Rose Hill Cemetery
  Tarpon Springs Depot
  Many sites related to the sponge industry within the Greektown District also have been recognized. They include but are not limited to two sponge packing houses:
  E.R. Meres Sponge Packing House
  N.G. Arfaras Sponge Packing House
  And several boats:
  N.K. Symi (Sponge Diving Boat)
  St. Nicholas III (Sponge Diving Boat)
  St. Nicholas VI (Sponge Diving Boat)
caption: Tarpon Springs Depot, built in 1909, is one of the oldest surviving train station buildings in the Tampa Bay Area.
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