Casa Wiechers-Villaronga - Ponce - 2012 00095

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. On the patio you can distinguish a pergola with semicircular shape through which you can see the garden covered with tiles and decorated with garden areas that form different geometric shapes. 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 00095
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 Neoclassical Art Nouveau Museums (buildings) Gardens (open spaces) Pergolas
Decolonial Subject	Coloniality of Knowledge Criollo Elites Eurocentrism
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image