Casa Wiechers-Villaronga - Ponce - 2012 00001

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. The exterior facade has a balcony presided by an ornamental metallic balustrade modulated with Ionic columns. Both inside the balcony and outside there are double doors made of wood and lattice style windows framed with flat moldings and crowned with transoms made of wood and glass. Next to the balcony, there is a balconet with doors flanked by stained glass and same as the balcony it is under a three centered arch framed with protruding moldings and crowned with mascarons. In addition, the rest of the facade has pilasters, a continuous entablature with cornices, moldings and on some areas dentils. The house is also crowned with a crenellated parapet matched with an amphorae. The Casa Wiechers-Villaronga dates back to 1911 and belonged to its own designer, Mr. Alfredo B. Wiechers and subsequently to 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 - 2012 00001
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Casa Wiechers- Villaronga
Geographical Coverage	Ponce
Date	2012
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	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1898-1940) Housing in Puerto Rico: Urban Housing
Architectural Subject	Historic buildings Houses Neoclássical Art Nouveau Museums (buildings) Double doors Windows Balustrades Cornices Moldings (object components) Transoms (opening components) Friezes (ornamental areas) Dentils Columns (architectural elements) Acroteria Balconies Parapets (wall components)
Decolonial Subject	Coloniality of Knowledge Criollo Elites Eurocentrism
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image