Old Banco de Ponce - 2014 00004
Description
Close up view of the building of the Old Banco de Ponce located in the coastal city of Ponce. The building has three levels built with concrete and characteristics of the Beaux Arts and Neoclassic style. The facade has French windows under semicircular arches presided by balustrades. In addition, the arches are framed with ornamental moldings, crowned with keystones and flanked by pairs of Corinthian Order fluted pilasters. The pilasters go up to the third level and support a continuous entablature with cornices, moldings, dentils, rose windows and more French windows. You can also see several Corinthian Order fluted columns. The Banco de Ponce was established in 1912 but it was not until 1924 and 1925 when the building was built and inaugurated. Subsequently, in the 1940s its interior was remodeled to extend it in accordance with the needs of the establishment. In 1983 the bank had fifty branches and in 1990 it merged with the Banco Popular of Puerto Rico. Additionally, in 1987 the building was included in the National Register of Historic Places.| Origin Name |
Antiguo Banco de Ponce - 2014 00004
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| Relation |
Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Antiguo Banco de Ponce
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| Geographical Coverage |
Ponce
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| Date |
2014
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| Descriptive Notes |
Original name of provenience and the title were assigned by the Project Puerto Rico Architectural Heritage (PRAHA). The general description contains information took from the official Facebook page of Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawing Society.
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| Rights |
English Rights. (hyperlink)
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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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