Mays Addition, listed in county and MLS records as Mays Add, is a small historic platted subdivision in the East Ybor and East Tampa area of Tampa, in ZIP 33605, just east of the Ybor City Historic District (Hillsborough County and Tampa real estate records; City of Tampa neighborhood profiles, 2026). The broader East Ybor area runs roughly between Interstate 4, North 22nd Street, Adamo Drive, and North 40th Street.
The area took shape in the late 19th and early 20th centuries alongside Ybor City, which Vicente Martinez Ybor began platting in 1886, and the residential stock reflects that working origin, with turn-of-the-century cottages, bungalows, and casitas common across the historic blocks (Ybor City Historic District history; City of Tampa, 2026). Today the stock near Mays Addition mixes original historic homes with teardown rebuilds and newer infill, so construction dates range widely.
The Mays Addition name covers very different homes, so the money is made or lost on the parcel, the condition, and an honest read of an older home's roof, systems, and flood exposure, not the headline price.
The pitch is location plus change: a small, central address near Ybor City and downtown, in a corridor seeing major redevelopment at Gasworx and the proposed Casa Ybor and Tampa General Hospital district. The work is sorting historic stock from rebuilds and infill, and verifying the plat boundary, the flood zone, insurance, and any HOA before you fall for a price.
