Casa Wiechers-Villaronga - Ponce - 2007 00013

Description

Exterior view of the Casa Wiechers-Villaronga located between the streets Méndez Vigo and Reina from the coastal city of Ponce. The house has two floors made of brick masonry, stone and wood with characteristics of the Art Nouveau, Neoclassic and Catalan Modernism styles. The exterior facade has a curve shape, it is on a rustic stone base and it has fluted pilasters that extends and support a continuous entablature with moldings, continuous cornices, dentils and an ornamental frieze with garlands. In addition, it has windows and a double wooden door with lattice crowned with transoms made of stained glass and low relief decorations. The door is presided by an ornamental metallic railing. Aside from that, the house is crowned with a curve pergola surrounded by ornamental grille balustrades modulated by Ionic columns that at the same time support a continuous entablature with moldings, cornices and acroterium. The Casa Wiechers-Villaronga dates back to 1911 and belonged to its own designer, Mr. Alfredo B. Wiechers and subsequently Mr. Gabriel Villaronga. Years later, in 1984 the house was included in the National Register of Historic Places. In the 1990s it was acquired by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, restored from 1989 until 1991 and turned into what it is now, the Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña.

Origin Name	Casa Wiechers-Villaronga - Ponce - 2007 00013
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Casa Wiechers- Villaronga
Geographical Coverage	Ponce
Date	2007
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	Bermúdez, Manuel - Restaurador (arquitectura) Concepción Miro, Elías (1887 - 1923) - Constructor Wiechers, Alfredo B. (1881 - 1964) - Diseñador
Historical Background	Transportation in Puerto Rico: Automobile Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1898-1940) Housing in Puerto Rico: Urban Housing
Architectural Subject	Historic buildings Houses Neoclassical Art Nouveau Museums (buildings) Double doors Windows Balustrades Cornices Moldings (object components) Transoms (opening components) Friezes (ornamental areas) Dentils Columns (architectural elements) Acroteria
Decolonial Subject	Coloniality of Knowledge Development (aparatus) Criollo Elites Eurocentrism
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image