Wooden House in a Coastal Area

Description

Wooden house with a royal palm bark roof located in a coastal area. It is built on stilts, has a small porch with a wooden railing, a door, and a window. On the side, it has a shed with the same type of roof and without walls. A path can be seen leading to the house as well as various palm trees, other trees, and the roof of the shed. There is a woman outside the house.

Origin Name	Box 427, Folder 2, Photo 4746
Relation	San Juan National Historic Site (NPS) > San Juan NHS Resource Records Collection > Series VIII Visual Materiales 1788-2017, Subseries B Photographs 1890 - 2011 > Box 427 - Folder 2 - 1898 Collection (22) - 1900
Geographical Coverage	Municipio desconocido | Unknown Municipality
Date	1900
Descriptive Notes	Title assigned by the cataloging team. The general description, date, or geographical coverage has information furnished by the San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico.
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1898-1940) Housing in Puerto Rico: Rural Housing
Architectural Subject	Coastal environments Houses Plank construction Stilts (structural elements) Piers (supporting elements) Balconies Railings (blustrades) Hip roofs Palm leaf (material) Footpaths
Decolonial Subject	Domestic Work Ancestral Knowledge
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image