Centro Español de Ponce

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Centro Español de Ponce
Centro Español de Ponce
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General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical architecture
LocationNW corner of Villa Street and Mendez Vigo, Ponce
CountryPuerto Rico
Coordinates18°1′31.51″N 66°34′12.86″W / 18.0254194°N 66.5702389°W / 18.0254194; -66.5702389
Construction started1911
Completed1911
ClientDon Fernando Manuel Toro and his wife, Doña Adela Cortada
Technical details
Size20 ft (6.1 m) high, 18 ft (5.5 m) wide, 12 ft (3.7 m) deep
Design and construction
Architect(s)Eduardo Salichs[1]
EngineerEduardo Salichs

The Centro Español de Ponce is a historic structure located in

Spanish
heritage club.

Location

The structure is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on the north side of Calle Villa, at the northwest corner of the intersection with calle Mendez Vigo.

History

The house was designed in 1911 by Ponce architect Eduardo Salichs.

Doña
Adela Cortada. The family occupied the house for several generations. On 17 November 1961, the building became the headquarters for the Centro Español de Ponce, a prominent civic organization working for the preservation of Spanish heritage in the city.

Centro Español club

The Centro Español de Ponce club was founded on 14 October 1906.

Bartolome Melia.[4]

Ponce architect

Francisco Porrata Doria once presided over the club headquartered at their structure on Calle Villa, near Calle Mendez Vigo.[5] In 1965, its president was Carlos Ortiz.[6]

Events

One of the best documented events accomplished by the Centro Español club was the transfer of the remains of Don

Puerto Rico Campaign, from a Ponce cemetery to his hometown in Cartagena, Spain, on 20 May 1915.[7]

In 1935, the Centro Español de Ponce club hosted Argentina’s king of Tango,

Casino de Ponce,[9] since at that time (1935) Centro Español de Ponce did not yet own the structure on calle Villa. The club purchased the structure on calle Villa on 17 November 1961.[10]

Subsequent tenants

Some time after 1970[11] the building became the Ponce regional office for the Fondo del Seguro del Estado (FSE), the government of Puerto Rico’s pension and health plan agency, until FSE opened new offices on Avenida Santiago de los Caballeros in 1985.

In 1985, the building became the headquarters for the Sociedad Historica de Ponce which occupied it until 1989. It has not been occupied since and today (2012) it is in ruins.

References

  1. ^ Neysa Rodriguesz Deynes, Rafael J. Torres Torres, and Carlos Aneiro Perez. Brevario Sobre la Historia de Ponce y Sus Principales Lugares de Interes. First Edition. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. Secretaria de Arte y Cultura. 1991. Page 54.
  2. ^ Neysa Rodriguesz Deynes, Rafael J. Torres Torres, and Carlos Aneiro Perez. Brevario Sobre la Historia de Ponce y Sus Principales Lugares de Interes. First Edition. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. Secretaria de Arte y Cultura. 1991. Page 54.
  3. ^ Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. April 1913. p. 271.
  4. ^ Luis Fortuño Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce (1692–1963). Page 216. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuño. 1963.
  5. ^ Francisco L. Porrata-Doria, reseña biográfica. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  6. LCCN 92-75480
  7. ^ 1898 The Spanish American War in Puerto Rico. Angel Rivero Méndez. "Crónicas de la Guerra Hispano Americana en Puerto Rico". 1922. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  8. ^ PUERTO RICO: PONCE. Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Mark Chesnut. Passport Magazine. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  9. ^ Hermoso Gardel en Puerto Rico. Retrieved 18 March 2012. Archived.
  10. ^ Luis Fortuño Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce (1692–1963). Page 216. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuño. 1963.
  11. ^ Daisy Lopez Nunci:Galeria de Fotos. Retrieved 18 March 2012.


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