From the article:
“He said investigators were considering whether the fire could be linked to restoration of electrical power in the area.
The school district’s history of the building said it was built in 1906 by neighborhood volunteers. It was called Michigan Avenue Grammar School then, but renamed for the Confederacy’s most famous general in 1943, when the street was renamed Columbus Drive. It became Hillsborough’s first magnet school in 1993 with a focus on technology. The world studies program was added in 2008.
Claitt, like many in Tampa, was aware of the controversy surrounding the name.
“It was named after an inappropriate person,” she said. “It should have been changed years ago.”
I’ve witnessed first hand burning houses in salt water flood zones. Looking at that picture, I don’t see a flood.
Nice looking school, it is a shame. They do not build then like this anymore.