Carnegie Library - San Juan (Old San Juan) - 2011 00001
Description
Carnegie Library located in barrio Puerta de Tierra in Old San Juan. Its origins date back to 1903 when the Insular Library of Puerto Rico was founded. It was inaugurated in 1917 as the Carnegie Library and was the first public library of Puerto Rico. It was included in the National Register of Historic Places of United States in 1983. The building is representative of the Neoclassical architecture style. It is painted pink and white. The side façade and posterior façade of the library can be observed. It has a hipped roof covered by glass tiles. It also has pilasters, cornices, wooden lattice windows with uprights and framed by rectangular white moldings. There is also a road, handrails, and trees.| Origin Name |
Biblioteca Carnegie - San Juan (Viejo San Juan) - 2011 00001
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| Relation |
Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > San Juan - Viejo San Juan (PRHBDS) > Biblioteca Carnegie - San Juan (Viejo San Juan)
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| Geographical Coverage |
San Juan
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| Date |
2011
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| 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.
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The PRAHA does not own the rights to this resource. The user must contact the repository or archive that holds the physical document to determine the restrictions that may apply under the Copyright and Intellectual Property Law or by agreements agreed with donors.
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| Editor |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
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| Resource Format |
JPEG
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| Resource Type |
Image
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