Municipal Public Restrooms - San Juan (Old San Juan) - 2011 00002 - PRAHA

Municipal Public Restrooms - San Juan (Old San Juan) - 2011 00002

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Description

Old Municipal Public Restrooms located south of the Alejandro Tapia y Rivera Theater in Old San Juan. The building was built in 1909 and is painted orange and white. The building has curved corners and parapets with balusters, cornices, and dentils. Rectangular-shaped white moldings frame three wooden lattice windows with a keystone at the top. There is also a doorway with a rectilinear pediment framed by rectangular-shaped white moldings and pilasters. There is also a stairway with railings, trees, palms, streetlights, and a green trash can. The building later became the Municipal Tourist Information Center.
Origin Name
Baños Público Municipal - San Juan (Viejo San Juan) - 2011 00002
Relation
Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > San Juan - Viejo San Juan (PRHBDS) > Baños Público Municipal - San Juan (Viejo San Juan)
Geographical Coverage
San Juan
Date
2011
Descriptive Notes
Original title and provenance name were assigned by the Puerto Rico Architectural Heritage Archive (PRAHA). The general description contains information collected from the official Facebook page of the Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawing Society.
Historical Background
Architectural Subject
  • Ciudades capitales
  • Rest rooms
  • Railings (balustrades)
  • Padding (material)
  • Parapets (wall components)
  • Architectural moldings
  • Palm trees
  • Stairs (series of steps)
  • Trash cans
  • Cornices
  • Brackets (structural elements)
  • Balustrades
  • Dentils
  • Keystones
  • Lattice windows
  • Pediments
  • Graffiti (casual notations)
  • Tourism
  • Public baths
Decolonial Subject
Rights
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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