Casa Armstrong Poventud - 2013
Description
Lateral and front view of the Casa Armstrong Poventud located on the Unión street from the coastal city of Ponce. The house has two levels made of masonry above an exposed stone base. At the foreground, you can distinguish the light pole and parked vehicles on the street. Aside from that, on the first floor of the house there is an entrance through a double door made of wood under a semicircular arch framed with moldings and crowned with a sunrise transom and a keystone. The main entrance is flanked by two caryatids above brackets decorated and windows under double arches framed with moldings, supported with compound pilasters and presided by balustrades. Each far end has pilasters with compound capitals that go up to the second floor and support a continuous entablature. Similarly, the second floor has three semicircular arches framed with moldings, crowned with sunrise transoms and keystones. The three arches are presided by balconets, the ones on the sides with ornamental iron railings and the one in the middle with a masonry balustrade. In addition, the balconies are flanked with compound pilasters that at the same time support a continuous entablature with brackets, an ornamental frieze, a continuous cornice and a parapet with amphorae. In addition to this, the right far end of the house has a garage presided by a gate made of metallic grille framed with moldings. This garage has one level above, which it has a rooftop on the second floor surrounded by ornamental iron grilles. The well known Casa de las Cariátides was built in 1899 for the family of sir Carlos Armstrong Toro, the founder of the Banco de Ponce and Banco de Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño. Years later, in 1986 it was sold to the government and restored, hence in 1987 it was included in the National Register of Historic Places.| Origin Name |
Casa Armstrong Poventud - 2013
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| Relation |
Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Casa Armstrong Poventud
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| Geographical Coverage |
Ponce
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| Date |
2013
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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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