This portion of National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico is along the north coast, north plains, and north slopes of the Cordillera, from Isabela to Guaynabo.
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Names of places given are as appear in the National Register, reflecting name as given in NRHP application at the date of listing. Note, the National Register name system does not accommodate Spanish á, ñ and other letters.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 20, 2024.
Arecibo
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Calle Gonzalo Marín No. 61 | More images | October 19, 1986 (#88000645) |
61 Gonzalo Marín Street 18°28′19″N 66°42′54″W / 18.4719°N 66.7149°W / 18.4719; -66.7149 (Calle Gonzalo Marín No. 61) | Arecibo Pueblo | Traditional Spanish Colonial-style residence building from before 1860. Also known as the Abreu Residence. |
2 | Cambalache Bridge | July 19, 1995 (#95000831) |
Spanning Río Grande de Arecibo, west of Puerto Rico Highway 2 18°27′13″N 66°42′09″W / 18.4535°N 66.7024°W / 18.4535; -66.7024 (Cambalache Bridge) | Cambalache and Tanamá | Steel bridge built by the Puerto Rico Railway Company in 1893 spanning the Arecibo River as a connector between San Juan and Arecibo. Also known as the French Bridge. | |
3 | Casa Alcaldía de Arecibo | More images | September 29, 1986 (#86002762) |
José de Diego Avenue 18°28′21″N 66°42′56″W / 18.4725°N 66.7155°W / 18.4725; -66.7155 (Casa Alcaldía de Arecibo) | Arecibo Pueblo | The city hall of Arecibo, built between 1850 and 1866 in a Classical Revival style. |
4 | Casa Córdova | More images | November 17, 1986 (#86003185) |
14 Gonzalo Marín Street 18°28′21″N 66°42′49″W / 18.4725°N 66.7135°W / 18.4725; -66.7135 (Casa Córdova) | Arecibo Pueblo | Historic mix-use commercial and residential building from 1898 with architecture inspired in the Neoclassical and Beaux Arts styles. Also known as Casa de las Conchas. |
5 | Casa de la Diosa Mita | More images | September 9, 1988 (#88000966) |
251 Fernández Juncos Street 18°28′17″N 66°43′09″W / 18.4715°N 66.7191°W / 18.4715; -66.7191 (Casa de la Diosa Mita) | Arecibo Pueblo | A now-ruined Beaux Arts house and former residence of the self-professed goddess Juanita García Peraza, founder of the Mita Congregation. |
6 | Casa Ulanga | July 26, 1982 (#82003822) |
7 Gonzalo Marín Street 18°28′21″N 66°42′46″W / 18.4725°N 66.7128°W / 18.4725; -66.7128 (Casa Ulanga) | Arecibo Pueblo | Former Superior Court of Arecibo used throughout its history as a bank, store, city hall of Arecibo, hospital, jail and cultural center. | |
7 | Corregimiento Plaza Theater | January 6, 1986 (#86000041) |
Llaguerry and Toribio Pagán Streets 18°28′22″N 66°42′55″W / 18.4729°N 66.7153°W / 18.4729; -66.7153 (Corregimiento Plaza Theater) | Arecibo Pueblo | Classical Revival-style theater from 1876. Also known as the Oliver Theater. | |
8 | Edificio Oliver | More images | October 1, 1986 (#86002764) |
64 José de Diego Avenue 18°28′21″N 66°42′55″W / 18.4726°N 66.7152°W / 18.4726; -66.7152 (Edificio Oliver) | Arecibo Pueblo | Beaux Arts-style building formerly used as a Casa del Rey, courthouse and school. Now used as a municipal office building. |
9 | Faro de Arecibo | More images | November 23, 1977 (#77001546) |
Punta Morillos, Highway 655 18°28′55″N 66°41′55″W / 18.4820°N 66.6987°W / 18.4820; -66.6987 (Faro de Arecibo) | Arecibo Pueblo | Spanish-built Neoclassical lighthouse from 1898, the last one to be built by Spain before the Spanish-American War. Part of the Lighthouse System of Puerto Rico TR. |
10 | Federico Degetau Consolidated Rural School | May 26, 2020 (#100005236) |
Carretera #662 Km. 68 18°26′45″N 66°39′55″W / 18.445834°N 66.665416°W / 18.445834; -66.665416 (Federico Degetau Consolidated Rural School) | Santana | Historic school building for primary and secondary education in the rural Santana barrio of Arecibo. | |
11 | Gonzalo Marín 101 | More images | November 19, 1986 (#86003183) |
101 Gonzalo Marín Street 18°28′18″N 66°42′56″W / 18.4718°N 66.7155°W / 18.4718; -66.7155 (Gonzalo Marín 101) | Arecibo Pueblo | One of the oldest purpose-built bank buildings in the region, designed in a Spanish Neoclassical style. Popularly known as the Old Citibank Building. |
12 | National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center | More images | September 23, 2008 (#07000525) |
Highway 625, San Rafael Sector 18°20′45″N 66°45′10″W / 18.3457°N 66.7527°W / 18.3457; -66.7527 (National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center) | Esperanza | Observatory complex consisting of radio telescopes and a LIDAR facility, most notably the Arecibo Telescope, a large spherical reflector built into a sinkhole in the middle of the Northern Puerto Rico karst region, formerly the largest of its kind in the world. |
13 | Palacio del Marqués de las Claras | More images | July 12, 1988 (#88000964) |
58 Gonzalo Marín Street 18°28′20″N 66°42′53″W / 18.4723°N 66.7146°W / 18.4723; -66.7146 (Palacio del Marqués de las Claras) | Arecibo Pueblo | Neoclassical urban mansion built in 1888 for Fernando Fernández Umpierre, Marquis de las Claras, a wealthy owner of sugarcane plantations. Formerly served as the Casino of Arecibo and currently used as an event venue. |
14 | Paseo Víctor Rojas | More images | November 19, 1986 (#86003188) |
Gonzalo Marín Street at José de Diego Avenue 18°28′22″N 66°42′42″W / 18.4727°N 66.7118°W / 18.4727; -66.7118 (Paseo Víctor Rojas) | Arecibo Pueblo | Rectangular promenade designed in a Neoclásico Isabelino-style and built in 1881 at the site of a former Spanish fort. Also known as the Paseo de Damas. |
15 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Graded School | Upload image | February 8, 2021 (#100006152) |
Calle Oriente No. 218 18°28′18″N 66°43′09″W / 18.4716°N 66.7192°W / 18.4716; -66.7192 (Franklin Delano Roosevelt Graded School) | Arecibo vicinity | Historic Art Deco style school built in 1938 on top of a hill in downtown Arecibo at the site of a former hermitage. |
Barceloneta
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Rafael Balseiro Maceira School | More images | August 28, 2012 (#12000583) |
1 Georgetti Street 18°27′09″N 66°32′20″W / 18.452597°N 66.538794°W / 18.452597; -66.538794 (Rafael Balseiro Maceira School) | Barceloneta Pueblo | Example of the Late 19th And Early 20th Century AmericanPrairie School, Eclectic architecture movements, part of the Early Twentieth Century Schools in Puerto Rico Thematic Resource (TR). |
Bayamón
Camuy
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Antiguo Casino Camuyano | More images | January 26, 1984 (#84003123) |
Estrella and Muñoz Rivera Streets 18°29′03″N 66°50′42″W / 18.484134°N 66.845010°W / 18.484134; -66.845010 (Antiguo Casino Camuyano) | Camuy Pueblo | Classical Revival-style reinforced concrete building from 1910 that served as both a casino and as an event building |
2 | Ernesto Memorial Chapel | More images | July 8, 2010 (#10000453) |
Intersection of Highway 486 and Highway 488 18°25′59″N 66°51′16″W / 18.432953°N 66.854555°W / 18.432953; -66.854555 (Ernesto Memorial Chapel) | Abra Honda | American Craftsman-style Methodist chapel from 1912 designed by Albert Munson and built as a memorial for Ernesto Kiplinger. Popularly known as la Iglesia de Piedra (the Stone Church). |
3 | Hacienda La Sabana | February 14, 1985 (#85000295) |
Highway 119, km 9.9 18°27′15″N 66°53′03″W / 18.454028°N 66.884028°W / 18.454028; -66.884028 (Hacienda La Sabana) | Camuy Arriba | Ruins of a former large sugarcane plantation and manor (hacienda) built in a valley between the Camuy and Guajataca Rivers in 1773 for Don Gregorio Rodriguez. |
Cataño
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Bacardí Distillery | More images | August 6, 2010 (#10000524) |
Highway 165, km 2.6, intersection Highway 888, Bay View Industrial Park 18°27′31″N 66°08′29″W / 18.45875°N 66.141389°W / 18.45875; -66.141389 (Bacardí Distillery) | Palmas | The world's largest rum distillery and historic district consisting of twenty-four Art Deco buildings and structures designed by Henry Klumb and others, including the famous Casa Bacardi. |
2 | Sanctuary of Blessed Martín de Porres | More images | January 11, 2017 (#100000503) |
Comercio Street and Oeste Cementerio Street 18°26′37″N 66°07′59″W / 18.443700°N 66.133058°W / 18.443700; -66.133058 (Sanctuary of Blessed Martín de Porres) | Palmas | Historic pilgrimage church designed in the Modernist-style by Henry Klumb. |
Dorado
Florida
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | De Luxe Florida | More images | November 14, 2012 (#12000935) |
Highway 642, km 11.1 18°21′52″N 66°33′38″W / 18.364370°N 66.560476°W / 18.364370; -66.560476 (De Luxe Florida) | Florida Adentro | Historic factory building and a prime example of the early prototypes for manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico. |
Guaynabo
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Caparra | February 28, 1984 (#84003155) |
Highway 2, km 6.2 18°24′19″N 66°06′50″W / 18.405239°N 66.113846°W / 18.405239; -66.113846 (Caparra) | Pueblo Viejo | Site of original 1508 Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico by Juan Ponce de León. It also represents the oldest European settlement under United States jurisdiction. Now home of the Museum of the Conquest and Colonization of Puerto Rico. Also a National Historic Landmark. | |
2 | Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Martir de Guaynabo | More images | September 8, 1976 (#76002250) |
Plaza de Recreo 18°21′28″N 66°06′42″W / 18.357814°N 66.111608°W / 18.357814; -66.111608 (Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Martir de Guaynabo) | Guaynabo Pueblo | Historic parish church built between 1750 and 1775, it is the oldest building still-standing in Guaynabo. |
3 | Oficina de Telégrafo y Teléfono | July 3, 2012 (#12000396) |
1729 José E. Carazo St. 18°21′32″N 66°06′38″W / 18.358804°N 66.110525°W / 18.358804; -66.110525 (Oficina de Telégrafo y Teléfono) | Guaynabo Pueblo | Art Deco telegraph and telephone station and office building designed by José Hernández Márquez and constructed by the Communications Authority of Puerto Rico in 1948. |
Hatillo
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Church Nuestra Señora del Carmen of Hatillo | December 10, 1984 (#84000443) |
Luis M. Lacomba Street 18°29′12″N 66°49′31″W / 18.486541°N 66.825279°W / 18.486541; -66.825279 (Church Nuestra Señora del Carmen of Hatillo) | Hatillo Pueblo | Historic church from 1879 designed by Pedro A. Beibal. Part of the Historic Churches of Puerto Rico MPS. |
Isabela
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Hermitage of San Antonio de Padua de la Tuna | More images | December 2, 1983 (#83004193) |
Ermita Street, La Tuna sector, Highway 2, km 106.1 18°28′43″N 66°57′48″W / 18.478613°N 66.963390°W / 18.478613; -66.963390 (Hermitage of San Antonio de Padua de la Tuna) | Coto | Ruins of a former village church dating to 1730 that was abandoned in the early 19th-century. |
Manatí
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Brunet–Calaf Residence | More images | September 1, 1988 (#88001306) |
Corner of Quiñones and Patriota Pozo Streets 18°25′39″N 66°29′34″W / 18.427628°N 66.492825°W / 18.427628; -66.492825 (Brunet–Calaf Residence) | Manatí Pueblo | Ruined former residence of the Brunet-Calaf family, representative of the residential architectural tendencies of the epoch. It was destroyed by a fire in 2016. |
2 | Church Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria y San Matías of Manatí | More images | September 18, 1984 (#84003130) |
Patriota Pozo Street, Town Plaza 18°25′38″N 66°29′33″W / 18.427280°N 66.492403°W / 18.427280; -66.492403 (Church Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria y San Matías of Manatí) | Manatí Pueblo | Historic parish church from 1729. Part of the Historic Churches of Puerto Rico MPS. |
3 | La Colectiva Tabacalera | More images | September 1, 1988 (#88001305) |
18 Quiñones Street 18°25′40″N 66°29′31″W / 18.427789°N 66.491964°W / 18.427789; -66.491964 (La Colectiva Tabacalera) | Manatí Pueblo | Industrial Neoclassical building from 1880 formerly used as a tobacco warehouse. |
4 | Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza | More images | August 11, 1976 (#76002190) |
Northwest of Manatí on Highway 616 18°28′03″N 66°31′31″W / 18.467488°N 66.525151°W / 18.467488; -66.525151 (Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza) | Tierras Nuevas Poniente | 2,265-acre sugarcane plantation owned by José Ramon Fernández, 1st Marquis of La Esperanza consisting of several industrial buildings and an early 19th-century manor house. The slave quarters, trapiche and steam engines are still preserved. Also named a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark. |
5 | Plaza del Mercado de Manatí | More images | August 19, 1988 (#88001303) |
Quiñones, Padial and Baldorioty Streets 18°25′37″N 66°29′37″W / 18.427061°N 66.493542°W / 18.427061; -66.493542 (Plaza del Mercado de Manatí) | Manatí Pueblo | Art Deco and Mission/Spanish Revival architecture from 1925, designed by Rafael Carmoega. |
Quebradillas
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Puente Blanco | February 23, 1984 (#84003126) |
Spanning Quebrada Mala Canyon on Panoramica Street 18°29′10″N 66°55′34″W / 18.486115°N 66.926088°W / 18.486115; -66.926088 (Puente Blanco) | Terranova | Bridge designed by Etienne Totti and built in 1922 across the Quebrada Mala Canyon. | |
2 | Teatro Liberty | May 4, 1989 (#88000963) |
157 Rafols Street 18°28′24″N 66°56′21″W / 18.473449°N 66.939285°W / 18.473449; -66.939285 (Teatro Liberty) | Quebradillas Pueblo | Historic theater and performing arts venue from 1921 designed by Arcilio Rosa. |
San Sebastián
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Church San Sebastián Mártir of San Sebastián | More images | September 18, 1984 (#84003132) |
Severo Arana Street, Town Plaza 18°20′12″N 66°59′26″W / 18.336777°N 66.990445°W / 18.336777; -66.990445 (Church San Sebastián Mártir of San Sebastián) | San Sebastián Pueblo | Late 19th century church building and one of the five historic churches designed by Puerto Rico state architect Pedro Cobreros. |
Toa Alta
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Church Nuestra Señora de la Concepción y San Fernando of Toa Alta | More images | September 18, 1984 (#84003158) |
Ponce de León Street, Town Plaza 18°23′18″N 66°14′50″W / 18.388245°N 66.247331°W / 18.388245; -66.247331 (Church Nuestra Señora de la Concepción y San Fernando of Toa Alta) | Toa Alta Pueblo | Historic parish church from 1752. Part of the Historic Churches of Puerto Rico TR. |
Toa Baja
Vega Alta
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Church Inmaculada Conception of Vega Alta | More images | September 18, 1984 (#84003128) |
Town Plaza 18°24′43″N 66°19′45″W / 18.412076°N 66.329171°W / 18.412076; -66.329171 (Church Inmaculada Conception of Vega Alta) | Vega Alta Pueblo | Historic church dating from 1831. Part of the Historic Churches of Puerto Rico TR. |
Vega Baja
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Barrio | Description | |
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1 | Casa Alonso | December 13, 1996 (#96001491) |
34 Betances Avenue 18°26′39″N 66°23′11″W / 18.444060°N 66.386301°W / 18.444060; -66.386301 (Casa Alonso) | Vega Baja Pueblo | Spanish Colonial residence and historic house museum associated with families related to the local sugarcane industry. Now part of the municipally owned Museum of Art, History and Culture. | |
2 | Church Santa María del Rosario of Vega Baja | More images | September 18, 1984 (#84003133) |
Town Plaza 18°26′40″N 66°23′12″W / 18.444322°N 66.386783°W / 18.444322; -66.386783 (Church Santa María del Rosario of Vega Baja) | Vega Baja Pueblo | Historic parish church from 1860. Part of the Historic Churches of Puerto Rico TR. |
3 | Panteón Otero-Martínez | Upload image | July 30, 1984 (#84003135) |
Old Vega Baja Cemetery, Highway 670 18°26′41″N 66°23′35″W / 18.444722°N 66.393056°W / 18.444722; -66.393056 (Panteón Otero-Martínez) | Algarrobo | A Classical Revival mausoleum from 1886 located in the Old Vega Baja Cemetery. |
4 | Paso del Indio Site | Upload image | July 25, 2007 (#07000583) |
Address restricted | Address restricted | One of the largest and deepest stratified multi-component prehistoric occupation archeological sites in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico
- National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Puerto Rico
- National Register of Historic Places listings in western Puerto Rico
- National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Puerto Rico
- National Register of Historic Places listings in central Puerto Rico
- National Register of Historic Places listings in metropolitan San Juan, Puerto Rico
- List of United States National Historic Landmarks in United States commonwealths and territories, associated states, and foreign states
- Historic preservation
- History of Puerto Rico
Notes
- The Stahl House's National Register of Historic Places nomination form gives a birth date of 1841 for Agustín Stahl, while most other references, such as the Smithsonian Institution, state 1842.
- The Plata Bridge spans the boundary between Bayamón (Barrio Dajaos) and Naranjito (Barrio Nuevo) municipalities.
- The name of the Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Martir de Guaynabo is presented here without the accent on "Mártir" in conformance with the usage in the church's National Register nomination form and Federal Register announcement of listing.
- The name of the Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apostol de Toa Baja is presented here without the accent on "Apóstol" in conformance with the usage in the church's National Register nomination form and Federal Register announcement of listing.
- The National Register listing for the San Juan National Historic Site includes components in both San Juan and Toa Baja municipalities.
References
- National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved December 20, 2024.
- ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ^ Llanes Santos, Juan (December 14, 2010), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Casa Dr. Agustín Stahl Stamm (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2015, retrieved November 15, 2015.
- Acevedo-Rodrguez, P. (n.d.), "The Botanical Legacy of Agustín Stahl", Flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, archived from the original on November 6, 2015, retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ^ Tarr, J. Alexandra (1976), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Martir de Guaynabo (PDF), retrieved April 15, 2017.
- ^ "Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service: National Register of Historic Places; Annual Listing of Historic Properties", 44 FR 7416 (February 6, 1979), at p. 7581.
- "Contáctenos", Corporación Mabodamaca, Inc., n.d., archived from the original on January 26, 2016, retrieved January 25, 2016.
- ^ Davila, Arturo V. (March 27, 1975), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apostol de Toa Baja (PDF), retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
External links
- Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office, National Register of Historic Places site (in Spanish)
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places site
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