Old Banco de Ponce - 2014 00006

Description

View of the building of the Old Banco de Ponce located in the coastal city of Ponce. At the foreground, there are people walking on the street and vehicles traveling. Aside from that, to the right far end there is the building of the Bank of Ponce. The building has three levels made with concrete and characteristics of the Beaux Arts and Neoclassic styles. The facade has windows covered with metallic grilles and 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. In the front part you can also distinguish an entrance through a rectangular door framed, crowned with an entablature and flanked by Corinthian Order fluted columns. Above the entrance you can also distinguish an inscription that says: "Banco Popular". Aside from that, to the left far end separated by the well known Callejón del Amor or Paseo Antonio S. Arias, you can distinguish the building of the Banco de Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño characterized by its entrance through a chamfered corner and characteristics of the Beaux Arts. 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 00006
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Antiguo Banco de Ponce
Geographical Coverage	Ponce
Date	2014
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.
Colaborador	Porrata Doria, Francisco L. (1890 - 1971) - Arquitecto
Historical Background	Transportation in Puerto Rico: Automobile Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1898-1940) Government of Puerto Rico: City Planning - Twentieth Century
Architectural Subject	Historic buildings Historic sites Cornices Moldings (object components) Windows Balustrades Pilasters (wall components) Banks (buildings) Dentils Keystones Balconies Streets Automobiles Lampposts Entablatures Inscriptions Columns (architectural elements) Beaux-Arts (style)
Decolonial Subject	Capitalist Development Colonial Political Economy Criollo Elites Financial Speculation Eurocentrism Neoliberalism Capitalista Order Neoliberal Order
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image