Military Hospital in Mayagüez

Description

Spanish Military Hospital in Mayagüez. The building has perrons, a porch with three semicircular arches, colossal order pilasters, a frieze, and a cornice. It is engraved with the phrase: "Hospital Militar 1896." There are various men in front of the portico, some of the wearing a military uniform. After 1900, this building became a school.

Origin Name	Box 428, Folder 5, Photo 5052
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 428 - Folder 5 - 1898 Collection (32) - Undated
Geographical Coverage	Mayagüez
Date	1898
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	Spanish American War: United States Military Invasion Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries
Architectural Subject	Military hospitals Perrons Porticoes Semicircular arches Pilasters (wall components) Friezes (ornamental areas) Cornices Pediments Fences (site elements) Armies Soldiers People (agents)
Decolonial Subject	Care for Life United States Invasion of 1898
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Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image