Casa Vives - Ponce - 2013 00001
Description
View of the interior in the Casa Vives located between the Paseo Atocha street and Castillo street from the coastal city of Ponce. The house has two floors made of brick masonry and wood with characteristics of the Neoclassic style. The entrance is through a hall with the walls painted simulating marble, the floor covered with marble tiles with chess motif and there is a stair under a semicircular arch flanked by pilasters. The stair is made of marble with square newels made of marble and a bronze balustrade. The stair goes up to a double ornamental iron gate crowned with a sunrise transom. The Casa Vives was built between the 1859 and 1860 for the family of Don Salvador de Vives, founder of the Hacienda Buena Vista of Ponce. It was used as a family residence and commercial establishment. It is considered one of the well preserved houses from the XIX century in the island. Since 2012 the Casa Vives belongs to the National Register of Historic Places.| Origin Name |
Casa Vives - Ponce - 2013 00001
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Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Casa Vives
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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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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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