Building Moscoso Hermanos & Co - Municipal Buildings - Ponce - 2013 00002
Description
View of the Moscoso Hermanos & Co. building located in the coastal city of Ponce. It has two floors with a bevelled design and characteristics of the Neoclassic and Spanish Colonial Architecture styles. From the square you can distinguish benches, light poles, a phone booth and garden areas surrounded by metallic fences. On the first floor there are double wooden doors under semicircular arches framed with moldings, flanked with pilasters and crowned with transoms and keystones. In addition, there are double windows made of wood under rectangular arches framed with moldings. The second floor has double wooden doors crowned with wooden transoms presided by balconets and overhang balconies supported by decorative brackets. Both the balconies and balconets have ornamental iron railings. Additionally, the facade is modulated by fluted pilasters that go up to the second floor. The Moscoso Hermano & Co. building was built at the beginning of the XX century. It was originally used as a commercial establishment until recent years when it was restored and enabled to house municipal offices for the city of Ponce.| Origin Name |
Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño - 2013 00002
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| Relation |
Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Edificio Moscoso Hermanos & Co - Edificio Municipal - Ponce
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| Geographical Coverage |
Ponce
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| Date |
2013
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| 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.
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| Historical Background | |
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| Decolonial Subject | |
| Rights |
English Rights. (hyperlink)
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| Editor |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
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| Resource Format |
JPEG
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| Resource Type |
Image
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