Valentín Tricoche Municipal Hospital

Description

Architectural drawing of the old Hospital Municipal Valentín Tricoche located in the Tricoche street from the coastal city of Ponce. The building has two floors with characteristics of the Neoclassic style. On the first floor there is a portico with three semicircular arches flanked by paired pilasters that in turn support a continuous entablature. The lateral arched have double doors and are crowned with sunrise transoms, the one in the middle has a double ornamental grille. In addition, on both sides of the portico there are double windows with persiennes framed with moldings and crowned with entablatures. Aside from that, on the second floor you can see double windows with persiennes crowned with transoms and keystones. Additionally, under the windows there is a continuous cornice same as the upper border. It has a continuous entablature above which there is a low parapet that creates curves on the far ends. In the middle there is a semicircular pediment decorated with a medallion. You can also see a logo with an inscription on the upper right border that says: "PRHBDS". It was founded in 1878 with the name Albergue Caritativo Tricoche. Nonetheless, the building construction 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 it ceased operations.

Origin Name	Hospital Municipal Valentín Tricoche
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Hospital Municipal Valentín Tricoche
Geographical Coverage	Ponce
Date	[201-?]
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 (buildlings for health facility) Neoclassical Cornices Moldings (object components) Entablatures Porticoes Pilasters (wall components) Transoms (opening components) Semicircular arches Abandoned buildings Architectural drawings (visual works)
Decolonial Subject	Care for Life Right to Accesibility Cientific Deveolopment Criollo Elites Eurocentrism Necropolitics Neoliberalism Neoliberal Order
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image