El Castillo Spanish Colonial Revival House

Description

Side view of a Spanish Colonial Revival-style house located in the town of Barranquitas. The house is in concrete and the roof is gabled and covered with roof tile. On the first level the house has a garden and plants in decorative pots. To the far left there is an open space sustained by columns. There is a double wooden door with glass and a window covered with ornamental metallic bars. Also, there are two semicircular arches sustained by a column under which there are stairs covered with native slabs. To the far right, there is a balcony surrounded by an ornamental metallic bar railing. There is a double door in wood and glass, surrounded by moldings. On the second level, there are double windows in wood and glass, over which there is an eave covered with roof tiles and sustained by wooden brackets. To the far right, there is a larger balcony surrounded by a wooden railing and sustained by thin wooden columns. It is sustained by wooden brackets and there is an eave covered with roof tiles. Under the balcony there are two different sized windows covered with ornamental metallic grilles. In the upper part, there is a smaller attic with a roofless balcony that has an ornamental metallic bar railing. It is sustained by ornamental metallic brackets. There are two double doors in wood and glass over which there are small eaves.

Origin Name	CAJ_0241_F0002_R
Relation	Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Album fotos a color
Geographical Coverage	Barranquitas
Date	1979
Descriptive Notes	The title, date and address were provided by the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR). The file provided by the archive clarifies the following information: "Photographer: Carol F. Jopling, architecture students or Earth Watch Volunteers". On the back of the image, there are handwritten notes that read: "153 CAJ|0241|F0002". On the back of the image, there is a stamp that reads: "Print made by KODAK Oct 79". There are repeated photos of the same houses among the files of this collection because they document different photographic formats created for the research project led by Carol F. Jopling, which were taken on different instances in which they were visited (example: 35mm negatives, color, black and white, instant photography, photos that were clarified or with contrast).
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1898-1940) Housing in Puerto Rico: Rural Housing
Architectural Subject	Houses Spanish Colonial Revival Gardens (open spaces) Jerkinhead roofs Awning windows Eaves Brackets (structural elements) Double doors Balconets Balconies Railings (balustrades) Grilles (barrier elements) Penthouses (building divisions) Flowerpots Fliers (stair components) Sidewalks Floor tile Moldings (object components) Cornices Grilles (barrier elements)
Decolonial Subject	Good Living (concept) Public-Private Duality
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