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Designed Criollo House

Exterior views of a one-story house in the town of Aibonito, on Federico Degetau Street. The house is made of wood with a zinc gabled roof. It has a balcony surrounded by wooden balustrade sustained by thin wooden columns. The floor is covered with native tiles. It has double lattice-style glass windows. Over the doors, there are relieving arches with wooden moldings. Over the house, there are two attics with zinc gable roofs. It has fan and lattice mullions. To the far left there is an attached two-story building, made of concrete, with lattice-style windows.

Building 8 - Ponce - 2014

View of houses and buildings in the coastal city of Ponce. The street is paved and there are vehicles traveling. On both ends you can distinguish houses and buildings with different characteristics, the characteristics that stand out among them are Neoclassic and Vernacular styles. To the left far end there is a single story house presided by a balcony with ornamental iron railing modulated by pillars that in turn support the continuous entablature and the roof. The balcony has the floor covered with native tiles and is distinguished by a rectangular opening framed and crowned with an entablature. Adjacent to this there are more houses and power line poles. Aside from that, to the right far end of the street, at the foreground, there is a single story building made of masonry with characteristics of the Neoclassic style. It has five rectangular openings with windows and doors made of glass framed with flat moldings. Three of the openings are crowned with fabric awnings. You can also see adjacent houses and buildings along the street with different characteristics.

Vernacular Criollo House, Arecibo

Front view of a house in the town of Arecibo. The house is one-story, in wood with a gabled, zinc roof. In the front, the house has double doors with lattice in front of wooden parapets. Above the doors, there are glass transoms. At one end, the house has lattice-style windows. In addition, at the top, the house has an ornate border supported by ornate beams. At each end, the house has dwellings with different characteristics.

Almacenes de F. Carrera y Hermanos - Mayagüez - 2012 00007

Detail of the facade of the Almacenes de F. Carrera y Hermanos building, located on the Comercio street from the municipality of Mayagüez. The name of the building on the facade is shown in relief and it says: "1001 Almacenes de F. Carrera & Hno". This text is flanked with persienne windows made of aluminium and grilles with spiral motifs. On the upper part stand out the moldings and part of the cornice. The surface of the building is cream color and above it you can see advertising posters of "Snapple" and "G". This building shows ornamental elements from the Neoclassic style.

Building on Atocha Street - Ponce - 2013 00001

Close-up view of a building located on the Atocha street from the coastal city of Ponce. The building has one floor, it is crowned with a pediment decorated with ceramic tiles, a low relief coat of arms, ornamental moldings and an inscription that says: "...De Canals Hermanos & Co. ...", it has spherical finishes and an amphorae. Throughout the years, this building has been used as a commercial establishment.

Commercial street

Commercial street with multi-story buildings. The first floors are local businesses with showcases: "Ferretería Ramírez", "La tienda Nueva", there is a hanging sign, "Sundial shoes for the Family". Along the sidewalk, there are several street vendors. Two fruit and vegetable stalls on carts, a snow-cone cart, and a car with merchandise over it. There are persons (adults and children) passing. One of the buildings has a curved, cantilevered balcony.

Market Day in Yauco

Market Day in Yauco. The sales stands are various types of tables located in an outdoor space. Some of them are uncovered, others have some type of tables located in an outdoor space. Many people can be seen around the stands as well as a one-floor wooden house followed by a two-story building with an arcade façade and then, a brick façade with four entrances.

Design of a "Criollo Pueblerino" House

Front view of a small apartment in the town of Ponce located on Molina Street #43. It has a flat roof and there is an eave on the front part. The apartment has a porch sustained by columns. The windows are lattice-style and the door is single and made of wood. The area has tools, a small wooden bench, and appliances. To the far left there is another construction with lattice-style windows.

Interior Designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival Style

Interior view of a house in the town of San Juan. View from the living room to the dining room. The living room has a small marble table with porcelain figures. In the center of the space there is a small armchair, and to the far left, there is another one with a small table next to it. There are matching hanging lamps above the rooms. The wall to the far right is covered by a mirror, while the wall to the far left has a fabric curtain over the lattice-style windows. The floor has native tiles and is partially covered by a rug. At the back of the room, there is a large wooden table with six chairs; there are porcelain figures on the table. Also on this area, there is a stool next to a small table with a landline phone. On the rear wall, there is a wooden china cabinet and decorative frames.

Plaza del Mercado - Ponce - 2013 00010

Lateral view of the building Plaza del Mercado located in the coastal city of Ponce. The building has two floors with a roof made of corrugated metal sheets and characteristics of the Neoclassic and Art Deco styles. The main level has a socle made of tiles, hinged doors, glass windows and fluted pilasters. The floors are divided with an eave that is interrupted with a portico with a double door framed and crowned with a curve eave and a transom. It also has a staggered pediment with decorative moldings, low relief details and an inscription that says: "Mercado". On the second floor of the building there are glass windows flanked by pilasters, drainages, continuous moldings and a decorative frieze. Aside from that, on the sidewalk you can distinguish a person. The construction of the Plaza del Mercado Isabel II dates back to 1863. Throughout the years it has been restored in 1903, 1941, 1989 and 2007.

Building in Isabel Street - Muñoz Rivera - Ponce - 2014

View of buildings on the Reina Isabel street from the coastal city of Ponce. At the foreground you can distinguish an end of the Ponce public square decorated with outdoor tiles, metallic railings, garden areas, wooden kiosks and roofs made of corrugated metal sheets. Crossing the paved and traveled street you can distinguish three adjacent buildings. From right to left, you can distinguish an end of the Casa Casals, the following building is a two floor commercial establishment with characteristics of the Neoclassic style. The first floor has three double doors made of glass framed with flat moldings and crowned with fabric awnings. The middle door is larger and above the awning there is an inscription that says: "Pizzalato Gelato - Pizza". The door is also flanked by two inscriptions that say: "Pastry", "Coffee". The second floor has four double doors made of wood with lattice framed with flat moldings crowned with transoms and entablatures supported by brackets. The doors are also presided by open balconies, two simple and one double with ornamental iron railings supported by brackets. The upper border also has a continuous entablature on which there is a low parapet with amphorae, a curve pediment with an oculus and a keystone. Now then, the adjacent building also has two floors with characteristics of the Neoclassic style. On the first floor you can distinguish a rectangular opening framed with moldings and crowned with a fabric awning. Through it you can distinguish a store counter. Aside from that, on the second floor you can see four double doors made of wood framed with flat moldings and crowned with entablatures supported with moldings and ornamental details in low relief. The doors are presided by an open balcony supported with brackets and surrounded by metallic iron grilles. In addition, the upper border of the building is decorated with a continuous entablature matched with cornices, moldings, dentils and a greek style ornamental frieze.

Tiled Roof

Double houses with hip roofs covered with tiles in San Germán. One is made of wood and the other of brick with plaster. Each one has two double doors, closed. The wall of the wooden house has tongue-and-groove boards on one side, and in the middle of the doors, it has the boards in a chevron pattern. The brick house has various signs of different products, such as Klim, Denia, Mejoral, Cortal, Breacol, and Malta Corona. There is an old man sitting on a box in front of it.

Almacenes de F. Carrera y Hermanos - Mayagüez - 2012 00005

Facade of the building Almacenes de F. Carrera y Hermanos, located on the Comercio street from the municipality of Mayagüez. The building has two floors and its surface is painted cream color. The facade is distinguished by showing the name of the building in relief: "1001 Almacenes de F. Carrera & Hno.". In addition, it presents windows and doors with grilles, windows with glass, aluminium persiennes and appentices. The moldings, brackets, upper cornice and the parapet with balustrades accentuates the facade ornamental elements. The building also has several posters with advertising like: "Torres & Torres Distributors Inc. Cash & Carry", "Mistic", "Snapple", among others. Next to the main door stand out a tiling with the representation of a castle and the text: "The Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd, Established at York 1824, Incorporated in Great Britain, Agentes generales para Puerto Rico, F. Carrera & Hno, Mayagüez, San Juan, Aguadilla". In front of the building and along the Comercio street there is an automobile and white bags piled up on blue wooden pallet. This building shows ornamental elements from the Neoclassic style.

Plaza del Mercado - Ponce - 2013 00009

Lateral view of the building Plaza del Mercado located in the coastal city of Ponce. The building has two floors with a roof made of corrugated metal sheets and characteristics of the Neoclassic and Art Deco styles. The bottom floor has a socle made of ceramic tiles, hinged doors, glass doors and fluted pilasters that go up to the additional level. The levels are divided with a curve eave supported staggered brackets. Aside from that, The second floor has glass windows, pilasters, decorative moldings, fluted details, drainages and an ornamental frieze. There is an eave that interrupts a lateral portico with a double framed door, crowned with a curve eave and transom above which you can see a staggered pediment. It also has decorative moldings, low relief details and fluted details. In turn, in the surroundings of the building you can distinguish the paved street traveled by vehicles and people who go on foot. The construction of the Plaza del Mercado Isabel II dates back to 1863. Throughout the years it has been restored in 1903, 1941, 1989 and 2007.

La Esquina Famosa

La Esquina Famosa store on Ponce de León Avenue, Stop 15, Santurce. Corner building of at least two floors. The store is on the lower floor with showcases (with signs that read "War to high prices") and a glass door. It has brick columns to each side of the façade. On the second floor, there are glass casement windows. Next to Esquina Famosa, there is another business called La Marquesita. It is a two-story building, probably residential, with persons looking out the balcony. It has a recessed balcony and two cantilevered balconies with iron balustrades. There are many persons on the sidewalk and a policeman in front of the group of persons.

Kraft Manufacturing Company, Front Facade

The front facade of the Kraft Manufacturing Company factory consist of a flat roof, jalousie type windows, a portico where the main doors are located, and tiled stairs leading to the entrance or exit of the factory. In front of this facade, there is a barbed wire fence supported with pillars and a metallic gate. To the left, there is a worker with a shovel and a wheelbarrow. Next to him, there is a hose and behind him there is a block wall with a multi-hued pattern. On the right side of the stairs, there is another wheelbarrow. In the same direction there is a sign indicating: "KRAFT MFG. Co. Another Factory of the Development Program", near it there is a second worker. The ground is soil. A sidewalk can be seen and the street is made of tar. At the rear a power line post is visible.

Plaza del Mercado - Ponce - 2013 00004

Lateral view of the building Plaza del Mercado located in the coastal city of Ponce. The building Plaza del Mercado has two floors with a roof made of corrugated metal sheets and characteristics of the Neoclassic and Art Deco styles. The facade has a portico with a double door framed and crowned with a curve eave and a framed transom. It also has a staggered pediment with decorative moldings, fluted details, some in low relief and an inscription that says: "Mercado". Aside from that, in the surroundings of the building you can distinguish the paved street with standing people and vehicles. The construction of the Plaza del Mercado Isabel II dates back to 1863. Throughout the years it has been restored in 1903, 1941, 1989 and 2007.

Designed Criollo House

Exterior views of a one-story house in the town of Aibonito, on Federico Degetau Street. The house is made of wood and zinc, and has a zinc gabled roof. It has a balcony surrounded by wooden balustrade sustained by thin wooden columns. The floor is covered with native slabs. It has double, lattice-style glass windows. Over the doors, there are discharge arches with wooden moldings. Over the house, there are two attics with zinc gabled roofs. It has fan and lattice mullions. To the far, left there is a two-story, semi- attached structure made of concrete with lattice-style windows.