Casa Vives - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Casa Vives - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Casa Vives (Vives House) is a historic building located in the Ponce Historic Zone in Ponce, Puerto Rico, across from the Plaza de Mercado de Ponce. The home was designed by Juan Bertoli Calderoni for Carlos Vives, a prominent local merchant and owner of Hacienda Buena Vista, and built by Carlos Milan.Roberto Escribano. La Casa Vives (April 2014) in, Ponce Abre Sus Puertas. Plataforma de Conservacion y Preservacion Adaptativa, Escuela de Arquitectura de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico. Supported by the Government of the Municipality of Ponce, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, and Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico. 26 April 2014. The home was built in 1860, in the neoclassical style, making it one of the first brick and mortar homes built in the city. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on 13 February 2013. Architecturally, Casa Vives retains all seven aspects of integrity: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.NRHP Registration Form. Carlos A. Rubio Cancela. Puerto Rico Office of Historical Preservation. Page 3. Retrieved 19 December 2013. Read more on Wikipedia
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