Coamo Church

Description

Façade of the Evangelical Mennonite Church in the town of Coamo. The church has a mansard roof, dormer windows and horizontal sash windows on the sides. On the façade, you can see a curtain wall with a double-leaf door. The double staircase has a railing and extends from bottom to top at right angles with landings. On the railing in front of the door, there is a sign labeled: "Welcome Evangelical Mennonite Church." In front of the church, there is a wall with details that protrude in the form of points on which there are three Latin crosses. The wall also has integrated bars with spiral motifs.

Origin Name	11,176--Cayey church copy
Relation	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín > Colección Menonitas > Addona Nissley
Geographical Coverage	Coamo
Date	1956/1971
Descriptive Notes	Title assigned by the cataloguing team.
Historical Background	Community-led Initiatives: Mennonite Missionaries Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1940-1970)
Architectural Subject	Curtain walls (nonbearing walls) Landings (stair components) Mansard roofs Dormers Windows Double doors Walls Latin crosses (crosses) Churches (buildings) Christianity
Decolonial Subject	Community Action Christianity
Rights	The PRAHA does not own the rights to this resource. The user must contact the repository or archive that holds the physical document to determine the restrictions that may apply under the Copyright and Intellectual Property Law or by agreements agreed with donors.
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image