Dr. Frank J. Costa House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1944.

From the record

One of 99 National Register listings published here for Hillsborough County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Costa, Dr. Frank J., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 16116 Lake Magdalene Dr., Tampa, 33613
When was it listed? September 2021
Category. building
Census division. Tampa
National Register reference number. 100003022 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1944 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Dr. Frank J. Costa House, surveyed 1995

Topographic sheet covering Dr. Frank J. Costa House, surveyed 1944

Fires near this property

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Dr. Frank J. Costa House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 325 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Railroad operations and maintenance	11
Arson/incendiarism	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Natural	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Smoking	2
Debris and open burning	1
Fireworks	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
30 August 2001	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 August 1998	Natural	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
4 July 1992	Railroad operations and maintenance	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 June 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
19 June 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	40 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
18 June 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
4 May 1997	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 May 2009	Arson/incendiarism	36 acres	Florida Forest Service	29 NORTH DALE

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dr. Frank J. Costa House: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Centex Real Estate Corp. - Carrolton Lakes Mine	Sand	Unknown

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this property

60 of 260 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tampa, the town this property stands in, in 260 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 102 thunderstorm wind, 50 hail, 40 flood, 32 lightning. The reports record 7 deaths and 32 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 1998	Rip Current	Tampa	2 killed	Two female children, ages five and six, drowned in rip currents at the Ben T. Davis Municipal Beach along State Road 60 (Courtney Campbell Causeway).
June 2000	Lightning	Tampa	1 killed, 1 hurt	Two men were struck by lightning, one fatal, while fishing in a boat near Cypress Street and Interstate 75 (Howard Franklin Bridge) in Old Tampa Bay.
July 1997	Lightning	Tampa	1 killed, 1 hurt	Two males were struck and injured by lightning, one fatal, while at a golfing range near the intersection of Westshore Blvd. and West Columbus Drive. Eyewitnesses reported the golfers were struck by the first observed lightning bolt that emanated from the cirrus anvil of a distant thunderstorm. The sun was shining at the time of the lightning strike.The two men were standing ten feet apart when the lightning bolt struck. The bolt struck the graphite club of the fatally injured golfer and passed through his body to the other severely injured golfer. Witnesses stated that both golfers were thrown several feet into the air when the bolt struck. The non-fatally injured suffered chest and facial burns from the lightning strike.
December 1996	Tornado (F2)	Tampa	1 killed, $100,000	no account filed
August 1999	Lightning	Tampa	1 killed	A 38 year old male was attempting to close the roof vent of a metal camper when lightning struck a nearby tree, approximately ten to fifteen feet from his location. The individual was struck by a sideflash of the lightning bolt at the onset of a thunderstorm (light rain just began) on Carroway Street, south of State Road 574 (MLK Blvd) in Tampa.
May 1999	Rip Current	Tampa	1 killed	An eight year old female drowned in a rip current while swimming offshore a peninsula named Picnic Island, nine miles southwest of Tampa.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa	9 hurt, $5,000	Nine people were injured when an add-on wall partition to a home was blown over by thunderstorm winds along S. Kings Avenue in Brandon.
November 1995	Tornado (F0)	Tampa	2 hurt, $24,000	A weak tornado (F0), 150 feet wide along a path of 1.2 miles combined with a microburst to move east over rural portions of southern Hillsborough County. The tornado touched near the Sundance community along U.S Highway 301 and Surona Road. The F0 tornado touched down and severely damaged one doublewide mobile home and produced minor damage to five other mobile homes. Two persons sustained minor injuries. A shed and a chain link fence were also destroyed. Power lines along with several large trees were downed. The tornado lifted and dissipated near Seminole Trail and Oakwood Drive. Estimated damage of $24 thousand.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa	2 hurt, $5,000	A large tree fell onto a van, temporarily trapping one person inside, and injuring 2 people.
June 2001	Lightning	Tampa	2 hurt	A 50 year male and 46 year old female were struck and injured by the sideflash of lightning that struck a nearby tree and traveled through the parking lot pavement where the victims stood at the Idlewild Baptist Church on Bearss Avenue east of State Road 597 (Dale Mabry Hwy).
June 2001	Lightning	Tampa	2 hurt	Bay News 9 Cable reported, that under partial sunshine, two senior citizen male golfers were struck and injured by the sideflash of lightning that struck a tree from a nearby thunderstorm at the Country Way Golf Course located on the 11100 block of Waters Avenue in northwest Tampa.
March 1999	Wildfire	Tampa	2 hurt	Two firefighters were injured while suppressing an 80 acre wildfire in northwest Hillsborough county.
April 1997	Tornado (F0)	Tampa	1 hurt, $500,000	A tornado touched down on 10th Street and Martin Luther King Blvd and downed several trees and power lines. The tornado continued northeast across a residential area where it caused minor roof and garage damage and downed a few trees and power lines. A small warehouse incurred roof damage and a gazebo was picked up and destroyed by the tornadic wind near Giddens Street and 15th Avenue. A woman working in the damaged warehouse received neck and back injuries from the wind blown roof debris.The tornado crossed the intersection of Hillsborough Avenue and 17th Street where it blew down the sign of a Checker Hamburgers fast-food restaurant, damaged several dozen vehicles of an auto dealership and downed a large flag pole.The next touchdown occurred on 30th Street and Crawford where two ten inch diameter pine trees were snapped off twenty feet above ground level. The final touchdown occurred at a water treatment plant along the Hillsborough River where minor damage was reported.
January 1999	Tornado (F1)	Tampa	1 hurt, $150,000	A National Weather Service damage survey concluded that a tornado initially touched down along North Street, one half mile south of Symmes Road in Gibsonton, or about nine miles southeast of downtown Tampa. The tornado moved northeast and sporadically touched down across semi-rural, treeless terrain where it damaged several plastic covered fish hatchery quonsets in Gibsonton.The tornado lifted and touched down along Fern Hill Drive, one half mile south of Gibsonton Drive, where it caused F1 damage to two weathered single wide mobile homes and F0 damage to three weathered single wide mobile homes, downed a few trees and snapped several large branches, before it lifted and dissipated along Cone Grove Road. One person in a mobile home suffered minor injuries from wind blown debris.
June 2022	Lightning	East Tampa	1 hurt	Broadcast media relayed report of lightning strike injuring child at Williams Park boat ramp.
August 2003	Lightning	Tampa	1 hurt	Lightning struck a utility pole next to Miles Elementary School and injured a 41 year old male 75 yards away. The victim appeared to be in shock and complained of numbness to his left arm and hand.
August 2002	Lightning	Tampa	1 hurt	A 39 year old painter was found unconscious after being struck by lightning. A nearby woman also felt the affects of the lightning but refused treatment.
August 2001	Lightning	Tampa	1 hurt	A security guard was injured as he lowered a large flag when lightning struck the steel flag pole at the Tropical Sportswear International store located at 4902 W. Waters Avenue in Tampa. One of guard's boots was blown off his foot as a result of the lightning jolt.
July 2000	Lightning	Tampa	1 hurt	The broadcast media reported that a 17 year old female was struck and injured by lightning on the 8900 block of Thousand Oaks Court near Heatherfield Drive in the "Town n Country" area of western Hillsborough county. The lightning charge entered the female's hand while standing on the porch of her home during heavy rain. The female reported that she had a loss of feeling in her legs and blurred vision following the lightning strike.
June 1998	Lightning	Tampa	1 hurt	A male was struck and injured by lightning while steering a metal grocery cart in the parking lot of a grocery store on U.S. Highway 92 (Dale Mabry) and County Road 587A (Waters Avenue).
June 1997	Lightning	Tampa	1 hurt	Lightning indirectly struck and slightly injured a man on Fairbanks Street. The lightning struck an object near the man's location and the sideflash of the bolt shocked the individual.
July 1997	Lightning	Tampa	1 hurt	A 44 year old male was struck and injured by lightning while fishing on Riverview Drive at U.S. Highway 41 over the Alafia River in Gibsonton.
June 1996	Lightning	Tampa	1 hurt	no account filed
March 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa	$5,000,000	Strong winds knocked down numerous trees and power lines. Roofs of portable classrooms at two schools were damaged.
December 1997	Flood	Tampa	$1,100,000	In Hillsborough county, heavy rains caused flood damage to 52 rental homes along and near the Alafia River in Riverview, which crested at 17.0 feet on the 14th.
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa	$1,000,000	Thunderstorm winds blew out five windows on the upper floors of Tampa's Municipal building in downtown Tampa. Thunderstorm winds also severely damaged five large stainless steel juice tanks and caused minor damage to another two at Hookers Point. Several businesses in the Ybor City district of Tampa incurred awning and vehicle glass damage from the thunderstorm winds.
December 1997	Flood	Tampa	$800,000	The Hillsborough River in Hillsborough county crested at 34.3 feet at Morris Bridge Road on the 14th and caused damage to 30 to 40 homes and apartments along its banks between Fletcher and Fowler Roads.
March 1998	Flood	Tampa	$750,000	In Hillsborough county, heavy rains caused the Little Manatee River to crest at 18.7 feet, nearly eight feet above the flood stage of eleven feet at U.S. Highway 301. Several homes along the rivers banks incurred water damage from the floodwaters.
December 1997	Flood	Tampa	$600,000	The Alafia River along State Road 640 in Lithia crested at 17.5 feet, nearly four and a half feet above the flood stage of 13 feet, on the 28th. Sixty mobile homes and rental properties were damaged for a second time in a month along the Alafia River.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa	$500,000	Thunderstorm winds measured at 85 mph damaged nine parked aircraft and nine hanger doors at the Peter O. Knight Airport on Davis Island. At least 27 drydocked sailboats and five moored power boats were damaged by the thunderstorm wind at a marina on Davis Island.
June 1994	Tornado	Tampa	$500,000	A waterspout moved north from the northeast corner of Old Tampa Bay onshore to Highway 60 overturning a tractor semi-trailer. The tornado uprooted small trees on the east end of Pelican Island. Tile roofs, pool enclosures, and gazebos were damaged on several homes on Pelican Island Drive. The tornado continued north and did extensive roof damage to a large warehouse. An ornamental structure on Egypt Temple Shrine was torn off. Windows of 15 to 20 cars were blown out. Several mobile homes and a fence were blown over.
February 1998	Flood	Tampa	$400,000	The Alafia River at Riverview crested at 17.3 feet, nearly four and a half feet above the flood stage of 13 feet, on the 21st. Several rental homes along and or near the Alafia River were damaged by floodwaters.
March 1998	Flood	Tampa	$375,000	The Alafia River at Riverview crested at 17.72 feet, nearly five feet above the flood stage of 13 feet, on the 21st. Several rental homes along and near the Alafia River were damaged by floodwaters.
February 1998	Flood	Tampa	$300,000	In Hillsborough County, heavy rains caused the Little Manatee River to crest at 16.6 feet, over five and a half feet above the eleven foot flood stage at U.S. Highway 301. Several homes were damaged by floodwaters in Ruskin.
May 1999	Tornado (F1)	Tampa	$275,000	National Weather Service damage survey concluded that a low end F1 tornado touched down sporadically east of downtown Tampa.The initial touchdown occurred near the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and State Road 574 (Martin Luther King Blvd) where a few trees and large branches were downed. The tornado continued to sporadically touch down along a narrow path, one block west of U.S. Highway 41, and cause minor F0 tree and branch damage.The F1 damage occurred along County Road 574 (7th Avenue), one block west of U.S. Highway 41, where the tornado path widened to approximately 60 feet and caused minor to moderate roof damage to a weathered two story structure, flipped two empty 20 foot long trucks and severely damaged four large steel doors, north external wall and part of the roof of a commercial building.The tornado lifted and dissipated south of State Road 60 and State Road 569 (39th Street).
June 2000	Hail	Tampa	$250,000	The media and law enforcement reported that quarter to dime sized hail fell from downtown Tampa north to Carrollwood, mainly east of the I-275 corridor. The quarter sized hail caused several vehicles to incur glass and body damage from Tampa north to Carrollwood.
December 1997	Flood	Tampa	$250,000	The Hillsborough River at Hillsborough State Park crested at 14.2 feet, over four feet above the flood stage of ten feet, on the 28th. Several mobile homes were flooded near U.S. Highway 301 and County Road 579.
August 1996	Lightning	Tampa	$250,000	no account filed
July 2003	Lightning	South Tampa	$200,000	Lightning struck an apartment building in South Tampa causing a fire in the attic and an evacuation of the building.
June 2000	Flood	Tampa	$200,000	Skywarn Spotters reported that two to four inches of heavy rain fell in less than an hour and caused localized flooding of roadways over the urban areas of central and northern Tampa. Urban floodwaters, up to three feet deep, damaged several vehicles and made road travel impassable along portions of Nebraska Avenue between 11th and 30th Streets in central Tampa.
June 1999	Lightning	Tampa	$200,000	Lightning struck and damaged six structures throughout Tampa.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	South Tampa	$150,000	Several wooden power poles snapped in Brandon along State Road 60 west of Interstate 75 but nearby trees were undamaged. There were sporadic reports of trees downed and numerous broken branches. The wind damaged the roof of small strip mall as the tar paper peeled back. Water entered the building and caused more damage. One of the downed trees crashed through the roof of a home in Sulphur Springs. People inside the home were not injured. The storm intensified into a wet microburst after an outflow boundary from a previous storm collided with the storm over Brandon. No injuries were reported.
January 1999	Tornado (F1)	Tampa	$150,000	A tornado touched down along County Road 39, approximately 3.5 miles south of State Road 60, over rural, semi-wooded countryside of eastern Hillsborough county. The tornado snapped fourteen electric utility wood power poles nearly halfway up from the base before it lifted and dissipated.
December 1997	Flood	Tampa	$150,000	The Hillsborough River in Hillsborough county crested at 34.0 feet at Morris Bridge Road, nearly two feet above the flood stage of 32 feet, on the 29th. Nearly 30 homes incurred minor damage from floodwaters.
August 2004	Lightning	Tampa	$120,000	Lightning was responsible for a house fire on Sonona Street in south Tampa. The house was a complete loss.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa	$120,000	no account filed
June 2000	Lightning	Tampa	$100,000	Lightning struck and burned to the ground a home on the 4500 block of West Rogers Avenue in South Tampa. The lightning charge traveled through the homes electrical system and blew out the television and VCR.
August 2000	Flood	Tampa	$100,000	Heavy rainfall caused local urban flooding along State Road 597 (Dale Mabry Highway) between Interstate 275 and and State Road 580 (Busch Blvd). A few vehicles incurred damage from flood waters, up to three feet deep, at a few intersections along Dale Mabry Highway.
January 1998	Flood	Tampa	$100,000	The Hillsborough River at Hillsborough State Park crested at 10.6, a half foot above the flood stage of ten feet on the 1st, before the river receded.
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines from Citrus Park northeast to Lutz in northern Hillsborough County. Over 5,000 thousand electrical customers were without power from wind downed power lines.
July 1997	Tornado (F0)	Tampa	$100,000	A tornado touched down near U.S. Highway 41 and Flamingo Blvd. in Apollo Beach and damaged four commercial buildings, the roof of a house, destroyed a billboard, downed wooden fencing and up to eight power lines before it receded.
December 1997	Flood	Tampa	$100,000	The Hillsborough River at Hillsborough State Park crested at 13.5 feet, 3.5 feet above the flood stage of ten feet on the 14th. Several homes in a mobile home park, along State Road 579 near U.S. Highway 301, received minor to moderate damage.
December 1997	Flood	Tampa	$100,000	In Hillsborough county, heavy rains cause the Little Manatee River to crest at 16.0 feet, five feet above the flood stage of eleven feet, at U.S. Highway 301. Several homes along 32nd to 33rd streets in Ruskin were damaged by floodwaters.
October 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds severely damaged the roofs of several homes on Palisades Drive in the Town & Country area of western Hillsborough county.
October 1997	Tornado (F0)	Tampa	$100,000	A tornado touched down near the intersection of North 50th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard. The tornado downed nine 75 foot light poles at a commercial auto auction car lot. The poles were sheared six feet above ground level and fell atop several parked vehicles.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa	$75,000	The media reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large and medium sized trees from near the University of Tampa west to Hyde Park Village in Tampa.
September 1998	Flood	Tampa	$75,000	The Little Manatee River crested at 15.4 feet, over four feet above the flood stage of eleven feet, on the 21st. Several homes incurred water damage near 32nd and 33rd streets in Ruskin from floodwaters of the Little Manatee River.
January 1998	Tornado (F0)	Tampa	$75,000	A tornado sporatically touched down along a nearly one mile path from Linebaugh Avenue and 18th Street N. northeast across 22nd Street N. and lifted at 112 Avenue and 27th Street N. The tornado caused moderate shingle damage to three homes and caused minor damage to 22 additional homes.The tornado caused minor siding damage to portable classrooms at the Belle Witter Elementary school at the intersections of 109th Avenue and 22nd Street N. Several trees, power poles and lines were downed before the tornado lifted and dissipated.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Tampa	$75,000	Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to a few mobile homes at the Feather Rock mobile home park and downed several trees on Lithia-Pinecrest Road near State Road 60 in Valrico. In Brandon, thunderstorm winds knocked down trees, toppled signs and damaged fences. Nearly 15,000 homes lost power from downed trees and limbs on power lines.
July 2002	Lightning	Tampa	$60,000	Lightning caused a fire to a home on Lambright Street.

Every storm recorded in Hillsborough County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1944 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:31680
1945 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:31680
1949 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:25000
1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1956 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:24000

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Capt. William Parker Jackson House	4.8 miles	2011
Original Rogers Park Golf Course Site	4.9 miles	2014
Hampton Terrace Historic District	5.3 miles	1999
Seminole Heights Residential District	5.3 miles	1993
Lutz Elementary School, Old	5.6 miles	1996
Horace T. Robles House	5.6 miles	2006

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100003022 in Record Group 79.
Hillsborough County	All 99 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.