Valentín Tricoche Municipal Hospital - Ponce - 2011

Description

Front view of the old Hospital Municipal Valentín Tricoche located on the Tricoche street from the coastal city of Ponce. The building has two floors made of whitewashed brick masonry and characteristics of the Neoclassic style. It is presided by an ornamental grille fence modulated by square pillars crowned with finishes. On the first floor there is a portico with three semicircular arches flanked by pilasters that in turn support a continuous entablature. Aside from that, on the second floor you can see double wooden windows with persiennes crowned with glass transoms and flat eaves. In addition, the upper border has a continuous entablature above which there is a low parapet where there is an inscription that says: "Hospital Municipal". In the middle stand out a semicircular pediment decorated with an ornamental medallion and an inscription that says: "Tricoche". It was founded in 1878 with the name Albergue Caritativo Tricoche. Nonetheless, the construction of the building began in 1863. Like many other buildings in the area, it suffered significant damages after the 1918 earthquake which is the reason why it was remodeled and it was added the second floor in 1928. Years later, in 1987 it was included in the National Register of Historic Places. It remained in use until 1999 when ceased operations.

Origin Name	Hospital Municipal Valentín Tricoche - Ponce - 2011
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Hospital Municipal Valentín Tricoche
Geographical Coverage	Ponce
Date	2011
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	, Spanish Royal Corps of Engineers - Constructor
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries Public Health Projects in Puerto Rico: Hospitals System - Nineteenth Century
Architectural Subject	Historic buildings Windows Hospitals (buildings for health facility) Neoclassical Cornices Moldings (object components) Entablatures Porticoes Fences (site elements) Pilasters (wall components) Transoms (opening components) Inscriptions Semicircular arches Abandoned buildings
Decolonial Subject	Care for Life Right to Accesibility Cientific Deveolopment Criollo Elites Eurocentrism Neoliberalism Neoliberal Order
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image