Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño - 2014 00001

Description

View of the Banco de Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño located in front of the public square in the coastal city of Ponce. The building is chamfered, has two floors made of masonry and concrete with characteristics of the Beaux Arts style. Nonetheless, the exterior facade is divided in three levels. On the first level it has windows under semicircular arches covered with iron grilles, crowned with keystones and doors under semicircular arches framed with moldings and crowned with glass transoms. The second level has double doors with French style framed with ornamental moldings and presided by balustrades. In addition, they are articulated by Corinthian Order fluted pilasters that go up to the additional level that support a continuous entablature decorated with garlands, dentils and an upper overhang cornice with brackets. The third level has an inscription that says: "Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño", a railing with balusters between three pediments with medallions with stained glass, the middle one with a clock. All of them have ornamental moldings and in relief details. Additionally, the roof has dormer shape. The Banco de Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño it was established in 1895, nonetheless it was not until 1924 and 1925 when this emblematic building was built. It remained in use until 1978 when the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and Banco Santander bought its shares. Despite that, in 1987 the building was included in the National Register of Historic Places. In addition, since 2022 is the headquarters of the news media La Perla del Sur.

Origin Name	Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño - 2014 00001
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño
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) - Ingeniero
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1898-1940) Government of Puerto Rico: City Planning - Twentieth Century
Architectural Subject	Historic buildings Historic sites Beaux-Arts (style) Windows Double doors Cornices Moldings (object components) Pilasters (wall components) Keystones Balustrades Dentils Gables (architectural elements) Inscriptions Columns (architectural elements) Entablatures Grilles (barrier elements)
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