Customs House | |
Location | Comercio,
Candelaria (former McKinley), Manuel Pirallo and Aduana Streets Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
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Coordinates | 18°12′23.27″N 67°9′4.96″W / 18.2064639°N 67.1513778°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1838 |
Architect | Rafael Carmoega |
Architectural style | Beaux-arts [1] |
MPS | United States Custom Houses in Puerto Rico MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 88000076 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 10, 1988 |
The U.S. Customs House or "Edificio Aduana" is a historic custom house building located at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. As of February 10, 1988, the building was owned by the U.S. Customs Service, Washington, D.C. [2]
It was built in 1838 to accommodate and lodge distinguished visitors that reached the port of Mayagüez. [3] In 1898 the building became a custom house. [4] It originally had two floors but the second story was destroyed by the earthquake of 1918. [3] Its present architectonic line is from the year 1924, being the work of engineers Huiguera and Besosa, being its architect Mr. Rafael Carmoega. [3] On September 30, 1981, it was declared a Historical Building of the United States.
The most important construction of the city of Mayagüez in attention to its general aesthetic values it is a beautiful building of "anfipróstilo" (two portals) style. [3] Doric order (capitel) its influence being grecoroman, Tuscan and numbering "octástila" in smooth column (fuste) and "basas áticas". [3] The building is surrounded by arches and semi-pilasters that puts one in contact with a neoclassical style of Roman influence. [3] It exhibits two pediments very sincréticos decorative and balustrades. [3] The structures upper portions are adorned with plates and "dentellones" of baroque influence. [3] Its interior is of great beauty and of a Renaissance aesthetics of the Michelangelo style. [3] The structure is manufactured completely in reinforced concrete and the floors of terrazzo edged with white marble. [3]
Customs House | |
Location | Comercio,
Candelaria (former McKinley), Manuel Pirallo and Aduana Streets Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
---|---|
Coordinates | 18°12′23.27″N 67°9′4.96″W / 18.2064639°N 67.1513778°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1838 |
Architect | Rafael Carmoega |
Architectural style | Beaux-arts [1] |
MPS | United States Custom Houses in Puerto Rico MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 88000076 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 10, 1988 |
The U.S. Customs House or "Edificio Aduana" is a historic custom house building located at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. As of February 10, 1988, the building was owned by the U.S. Customs Service, Washington, D.C. [2]
It was built in 1838 to accommodate and lodge distinguished visitors that reached the port of Mayagüez. [3] In 1898 the building became a custom house. [4] It originally had two floors but the second story was destroyed by the earthquake of 1918. [3] Its present architectonic line is from the year 1924, being the work of engineers Huiguera and Besosa, being its architect Mr. Rafael Carmoega. [3] On September 30, 1981, it was declared a Historical Building of the United States.
The most important construction of the city of Mayagüez in attention to its general aesthetic values it is a beautiful building of "anfipróstilo" (two portals) style. [3] Doric order (capitel) its influence being grecoroman, Tuscan and numbering "octástila" in smooth column (fuste) and "basas áticas". [3] The building is surrounded by arches and semi-pilasters that puts one in contact with a neoclassical style of Roman influence. [3] It exhibits two pediments very sincréticos decorative and balustrades. [3] The structures upper portions are adorned with plates and "dentellones" of baroque influence. [3] Its interior is of great beauty and of a Renaissance aesthetics of the Michelangelo style. [3] The structure is manufactured completely in reinforced concrete and the floors of terrazzo edged with white marble. [3]