Ramón Emeterio Betances House - Mayagüez - 2011 00022

Description

View of the lateral facade from the Ramón Emeterio Betances house in Mayagüez, also known as the five arch house. From this angle stands out a pedestal and from it elevates a plain shaft column and a mixtilinear arch accentuated with a molding and decorated with a star inside a sphere motif. It is also visible a metal railing with leaf and flower motifs, a double leaf door with panels, louvers and a fanlight window for ventilation. The window has grilles and an air conditioner console. On the side there is also a stair that leads to a double door that has an appentice supported with brackets. The stair parapet is decorated with an urn and the landing has a chess motif. The eave support is also articulated with a series of brackets. The house is made of masonry and matched lumber, and the surface is painted yellow with white details. In 1865, Ramón Emeterio Betances requested the permit to built this masonry house, where he only lived for two years. When he died, his sister Inés, inherited it. The house was affected by the 1918 earthquake. In 2006, the city mayor gave back the name of Betances to the street and put in front of the residence a plaque that acknowledges the love Betances had for Mayagüez.

Origin Name	Casa de Ramón Emeterio Betances - Mayagüez - 2011 00022
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Mayagüez (PRHBDS) > Casa de Ramón Emeterio Betances - Mayagüez
Geographical Coverage	Mayagüez
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.
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries Housing in Puerto Rico: Urban Housing
Architectural Subject	Houses Historic houses Facades Corner (positional attribute) Columns (architectural elements) Pedestals Railings (balustrades) Arches Moldings (object components) Stars (motifs) Porches Double doors Transom windows Matched lumber Stairs (series of steps) Appentices (buildings) Brackets (structural elements) Vernacular architecture Foliage (motif) Air conditioning Piers (supporting elements) Checker pattern
Decolonial Subject	Anti-imperalism Anti-colonialism Conception of Carribbean Identity Conception of Puerto Rican Identity Decoloniality Right to Freedom Liberalism Independence Movement Revolution
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image