Puerto Rico Ilustrado – Edificio El Mundo
Puerto Rico Ilustrado–Edificio El Mundo | |
Location | 254 San José Street San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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Coordinates | 18°27′51″N 66°07′01″W / 18.4640765°N 66.1168458°W |
Built | 1923 |
Architect | Francisco Roldan |
Architectural style | Art Deco Chicago School Mission/Spanish Revival |
Part of | Old San Juan Historic District |
NRHP reference No. | 97001137 |
Added to NRHP | September 25, 1997 |
Puerto Rico Ilustrado/El Mundo Building (
History
Historically, the Puerto Rico Ilustrado/El Mundo Building was one of the first high rise buildings to be erected in the island along with several neighbors such as the original headquarters for
The building served as the headquarters and main printing press for El Mundo until the company, as many others at the time, moved to new facilities at the recently established Hato Rey central business district, the so-called Milla de Oro, in 1966. Puerto Rico Ilustrado ran until 1952, while El Mundo was last published in 1986.[3] The municipal government of San Juan became the new tenants of the building until it was finally sold to private investors in 1979 and, soon after, became abandoned until 1985 when it turned into a multiple office space with private apartments at the top level by Copali, Inc. (today The Copal Group).[2]
Architecture
The Puerto Rico Ilustrado/El Mundo Building represents the embodiment of all the architectural trends of Puerto Rico during the 1920s. As with the other high-rise buildings established at the time in the area, it closely follows the typology of the Chicago school of architecture such as the use of steel-frame buildings with terracotta cladding. While this typology of building in the United States incorporated elements of Neoclassical architecture, El Mundo Building localized by incorporating elements of the Mission and Spanish Revival styles instead. Francisco Roldán also incorporated elements of Art Deco and Moorish design in the ornamentation and geometric window frames.[2]
See also
References
- ^ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, NATIONAL REGISTER DIGITAL ASSETS (1997). "Puerto Rico Ilustrado--Edificio El Mundo". npgallery.nps.gov.
- ^ a b c d Fernández, Alex; Isado, Javier (June 30, 1997). "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM". npgallery.nps.gov.
- ^ Puerto Rico Ilustrado, Artwork. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2014.