House on the Villa Street - Residence Toro-Cortada - Old Centro Español - Ponce - 2014 00003

Description

Front view of a house on the Villa street from the coastal city of Ponce. The house has two floors made of brick masonry with characteristics of the Neoclassic style. The front facade has a portico presided by stairs with an entrance under a semicircular arch framed with flat moldings and flanked by columns that in turn support an entablature. In addition, on both far ends there are balconies with rectangular openings crowned with entablatures, balustrades supported by fluted square columns that in turn support a continuous cornice and the open balcony from the second floor. It also has a balustrade modulated with square pillars with spherical finishes. Additionally, the second floor has rectangular windows crowned with entablatures matched with ornamental moldings, dentils and acroterium. Between the windows there are bossage pilasters that at the same time support a continuous entablature matched with dentils, an ornamental frieze and a continuous cornice on which rests a balustrade modulated by square pillars with spherical finishes. The frieze is interrupted in the middle by a semicircular pediment. The residence known as Casa Toro Cortada and Antiguo Centro Español was built in 1911. Subsequently, in 1961 it was sold and turned into a social centre, it remained in continuous use until 1970 when it came into the hands of the Office of the State Insurance Fund Corporation until 1989.

Origin Name	Casa en la calle Villa - Residencia Toro-Cortada - Antiguo Centro Español - Ponce - 2014 00003
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Casa en la calle Villa - Residencia Vilariño - Antiguo Centro Español
Geographical Coverage	Ponce
Date	2014
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	Salich García, Eduardo - Arquitecto
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1898-1940)
Architectural Subject	Historic buildings Houses Neoclassical Balconies Balustrades Windows Porticoes Dentils Cornices Moldings (object components) Entablatures Columns (architectural elements) Friezes (ornamental areas) Pilasters (wall components) Casinos (entertainment buildings) Stairs (series of steps)
Decolonial Subject	Capitalist Development Criollo Elites Eurocentrism Hispanism Capitalista Order Capitalist Patriarchy
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image