Ramón Emeterio Betances House - Mayagüez - 2011 00026

Description

Facade of the Ramón Emeterio Betances house in Mayagu4ez, also known as the five arch house. This house, made of masonry and wood, is elevated on a podium. The facade has a gallery delimited with a series of mixtilinear arches elevated on paired columns. These columns elevate on pedestals and them at the same time, separate the ornamental metal railing with leaf and flower motifs. Above the arches stand out the star inside a sphere sign. The doors are double leaf with louver panels and fanlights that allow the ventilation. The roof is a hipped roof covered with zinc plates and is also distinguished by an extension with gable roof and louvers that allow the ventilation. The residence surface is painted yellow and white. In front of the house there are several automobiles parked near the sidewalk. 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 00026
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 Road and Trails in Puerto Rico: Roads Transportation in Puerto Rico: Automobile Housing in Puerto Rico: Urban Housing
Architectural Subject	Houses Historic houses Facades Porches Podiums (building divisions) Arches Columns (architectural elements) Pedestals Railings (balustrades) Moldings (object components) Stars (motifs) Matched lumber Louver windows Double doors Hip roofs Roof appendages Zinc Vernacular architecture Automobiles
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