Building Moscoso Hermano & Co - Municipal Building - Ponce - 2014 00001

Description

Front view of the Moscoso Hermano & 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. On the first floor there are double wooden doors under semicircular arches framed with moldings, flanked with pilasters and crowned with stained glass transoms and keystones. The second floor has double wooden doors crowned with wooden transoms presided by balconets and an overhang balcony supported by decorative brackets. Both the balcony and balconets have ornamental iron railings crowned with a continuous entablature and supported by brackets. In addition, the facade is modulated by fluted pilasters that go up to the second floor and support a continuous entablature with moldings, cornices, a decorative frieze and an inscription that says: "Moscoso Hermano & Co. Inc.", "Edificio Municipal". Above the entablature rests a balustrade that surrounds the roof like an open balcony. Aside from that, in the surroundings you can see paved streets where there are people and parked vehicles and the decorated square with garden areas, light poles and benches. 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 - 2014 00001
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Edificio Moscoso Hermanos & Co - Edificio Municipal - Ponce
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.
Historical Background	Puerto Rican Society: Urban Zone - Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Transportation in Puerto Rico: Automobile Civil Society - People: Teodoro Moscoso Mora Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1898-1940) Architectura in Puerto Rico: Public Squares
Architectural Subject	Historic buildings Windows Cornices Inscriptions Balustrades Balconies Moldings (object components) Keystones Double doors Transoms (opening components) Brackets (structural elements) Neoclassical Pilasters (wall components) Wall lamps Semicircular arches Municipal buildings Squares (open spaces) Streets Banquettes (benches) Automobiles
Decolonial Subject	Development (aparatus) Capitalist Development Criollo Elites Eurocentrism Commodification Neoliberalism Capitalista Order Colonial Subject
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image