House on the Villa Street - Residence Toro-Cortada - Old Centro Español - Ponce - 2014 00042

Description

View of the interior 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. On the interior you can distinguish the ceiling decorated with coffered and a semicircular arch flanked by pilasters. Through the opening you can see an adjacent room with the floor with deteriorated wood and windows covered with wood panels. 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 00042
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 Neoclaassical Casinos (entertainment building) Interior spaces (spaces by location) Abandoned buildings Coffered ceilings Pilasters (wall components) Semicircular arches Windows
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