Casa Armstrong Poventud - 2014 00002
Description
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. From the cathedral Nuestra Señora de la Guadalupe you can distinguish the paved street with parked vehicles and the Casa Armstrong Poventud. On the first floor of the house there is an entrance through a double door 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 decorated brackets and wooden 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 with double wooden doors framed with moldings, crowned with sunrise transoms and keystones. The three arches are presided by balconets, the ones from the far ends with ornamental iron railings and the one in the middle with a masonry balustrade. In addition, the balconies are flanked by compound pilasters that at the same time support a continuous entablature with brackets, an ornamental frieze, a continuous cornice and a parapet with amphorae. Aside from that, to right far end the house has a garage presided by a metallic grille gate. This garage has another level that has a rooftop on the second floor surrounded by metallic grilles. You can also see adjacent houses and buildings with different characteristics. The well known Casa de las Cariátides was built in 1899 to the family of sir Carlos Armstrong Toro, the founder of the Banco de Ponce and Banco de Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño. After the 1918 earthquake it was restored and it was added the garage space. Years later, in 1986 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 - 2014 00002
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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 |
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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