Casa Vives - Ponce - 2013 00023 - PRAHA

Casa Vives - Ponce - 2013 00023

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 slightly deteriorated. It also has the ceiling made of wood with exposed beams and in the middle a semicircular arch framed with moldings. 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 a 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 00023
Relation
Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Casa Vives
Geographical Coverage
Ponce
Date
2013
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
  • Bértoli Calderoni, Juan Francisco (1820 - 1885) - Diseñador
  • Milán, Carlos - Constructor
Historical Background
Architectural Subject
  • Historic buildings
  • Houses
  • Vestibules
  • Interior spaces (spaces by location)
  • Neoclassical
  • Moldings (object components)
  • Semicircular arches
  • Pilasters (wall components)
Decolonial Subject
Rights
English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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