San Juan Railroad Terminal, Calle Commercio & Calle Harding, San Juan,...
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Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, ...
Significance: The original lighthouse was built in 1889 in position 18* 29' 26" N - 67* 9' 43" W, very close to the sea in a low sandy point. In 1918 Puerto Rico experienced an earthquake which had its epicente... More
Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, ...
Significance: The original lighthouse was built in 1889 in position 18* 29' 26" N - 67* 9' 43" W, very close to the sea in a low sandy point. In 1918 Puerto Rico experienced an earthquake which had its epicente... More
Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...
Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More
Hacienda Azucarera El Coto, Sugar Mill Ruins, .5 Mi. SW of Rt. 347 Bri...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HAER PR-3 Building/structure dates: ca. 1852 Initial Construction
Vendrell,Fernando,Casa, 3 Calle Amor, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR
Significance: This building is unique for having two architecturally distinct facades fronting two streets. The north facade is the only example in Ponce of exposed brick, while the south facade is neoclassic a... More
Casa Margarita Bestard, 118 Calle Reina, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR
Significance: This house is of the indigenous "criollo" style and shows outstanding neo-classical details and fine proportions, Number 116 Calle Reina is almost identical to this house was built by the same, bu... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Murallas del Viejo San Juan, Puerta de San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Mu...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N512 Survey number: HABS PR-135-J National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930
Acosta y Fores, Jaime, Casa, Calle Dr. Santiago Veve No. 70, San Germa...
Significance: The residence stands out in the cityscape of San German for its traditional and elegant features. The one story wooden house with a concrete basement, zinc roofing and separate garage was construc... More
Finca Silem, Coffee Processing Structure No. 1, Highway 139, Kilometer...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Puente Blanco Bridge, Spanning Mosquito Control Channel, Barrio Palmas...
Significance: Puente Blanco is a skew, three-span, 15m.-long concrete slab bridge. The latter is a common bridge technology of the 1920s to 1940s, still used in small structures. This technology was judged as... More
Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, House, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER PR-1-C Building/structure dates: ca. 18t2 Initial Construction
Puente de la Marina, San Lorenzo-Florida & Cerro Gordo Neighborhoods, ...
Significance: Puente de la Marina is a very narrow, 11-span, 90.5m-long concrete slab bridge. The latter is a common bridge technology, used in Puerto Rico mainly between the 1920s and the 1940s, but which is ... More
South Gate, Boulevard Norzagaray, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR
Significance: This structure, although modified from its original form, probably dates from the 18th century. Posts, decorated coping, fragments of early stucco finish, and arched openings with a decorative sur... More
El Arsenal, Entrance Portico, Calle Arsenal, San Juan, San Juan Munici...
Survey number: HABS PR-99-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Puerto Rico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Puente Ferroviario San Antonio, Spanning San Antonio Channel at PR-1, ...
Significance: The San Antonio railroad bridge is a concrete structure built between 1922 and 1932, consisting of arch-framed slab spans with art-deco railings and spandrel walls. It was designed to replace a 1... More
Faro de los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Cabo Roj...
Significance: Cabo Rojo Light was built in 1882 as a 3rd order light with 18 miles range that showed a white light eclipsed every minute. The present structure stands very much as it was back in 1882; although... More
Escambron Bateria, Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR
Survey number: HABS PR-50 Building/structure dates: ca. 17q4 Initial Construction
Casa Frederico Font, 34 Calle Castillo, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR
Significance: This building is one of the more elaborate and significant examples of the Baroque influence which was prevalent in Ponce in the early 20th century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for thi... More
Pou Coffee Processing Structure, Casa No. 2, Highway 139, Kilometer 12...
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Historic Zone, Block Study, Calle de las Cruz,Sol,Luna & San Jose, San...
Significance: This block, a typical division of San Juan Antiguo, is composed of eighteen one-, two-, and three-story masonry buildings facing directly onto surrounding streets. Most of these buildings were bui... More
El Arsenal, Chapel, Calle Arsenal, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR
Survey number: HABS PR-99-A Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
El Arsenal, Chapel, Calle Arsenal, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR
Survey number: HABS PR-99-A Public domain scan of a plan of settlement buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fortin de San Jeronimo de Boqueron, Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, San Ju...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS PR-49 Building/structure dates: ca. 17q4 Initial Construction
Hacienda Azucarera Vives, Playita Machete, Guayama Municipio, PR
Survey number: HAER PR-28 Public domain photograph - Puerto Rico, fort, ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR
Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More
Casa Carlos Armstrong, 9 Plaza Munoz Rivera, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, P...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
101 Calle Fortaleza (House), San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR
Significance: It is a building with the typical construction features and plan of the 18th century and early 19th century San Juan dwelling house. The builder and the exact date of construction of the structure... More
Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...
Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Quarters No. 211, Boulevard Norzagaray, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, ...
Significance: Quarters No. 211, built in the early 19th century as a blacksmith shop for the Spanish Corps of Artillery. Remodeled in the 1880s as Officer's Quarters it continued to serve as such until 1964. S... More
U.S. Coast Guard Base San Juan, Store House, San Juan, San Juan Munici...
Significance: The Store House (Building 101), was constructed in 1922 for the U.S. Lighthouse Service's San Juan Lighthouse Depot, which was located at the southern tip of La Puntilla, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.... More
Puente Rio Hondo, Spanning Hondo River on PR Road 156, Barrio Rio Hond...
Significance: The wrought iron, three-span truss bridge that carried Puerto Rico's coastal highway over Rio de la Plata, its longest and second largest river, was designed in 1868 and completed in 1876. Named ... More
Castillo de San Cristobal, San Carlos Ravelin, San Juan, San Juan Muni...
Significance: It was built between 1765-1773 as part of the landward defensive ensemble of San Juan. Its design evolved into a non-classical configuration in order to strengthen the existing adjacent 17th centu... More
El Arsenal, Entrance Portico, Calle Arsenal, San Juan, San Juan Munici...
Survey number: HABS PR-99-B Public domain scan of settlement or building architecture plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Coast Guard Base San Juan, Tank House, San Juan, San Juan Municip...
Survey number: HABS PR-133-D Building/structure dates: 1922 Initial Construction
Faro de los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Cabo Roj...
Significance: Cabo Rojo Light was built in 1882 as a 3rd order light with 18 miles range that showed a white light eclipsed every minute. The present structure stands very much as it was back in 1882; although... More
Fortin de San Juan de la Cruz, El Canuelo, Isla de Cabras, San Juan, S...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N125 Survey number: HABS PR-52 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930
Castillo de San Cristobal, Santa Teresa Battery, San Juan, San Juan Mu...
Significance: In 1631, Governor Enrique Enriquez de Sotomayor began to enclose San Juan and strengthen its defenses by building the Castillo de San Cristobal. In 1765, a complete redesigning and rebuilding of S... More
Santaella Coffee Processing Site, Highway 139, Kilometer 10.6, Marague...
Significance: Excellent example of evolution and technology of large scale coffee processing structure. Survey number: HAER PR-48 Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure da... More
Iglesia San Mateo de Cangrejos, Northwest of Calle San Jorge at Calle ...
Significance: The old rectory adjacent to Iglesia San Mateo de Congrejos was used as headquarters by General Abercromby during the 1797 British attacks on San Juan. Easily identified by its two short square tow... More
Iglesia San Mateo de Cangrejos, Northwest of Calle San Jorge at Calle ...
Significance: The old rectory adjacent to Iglesia San Mateo de Congrejos was used as headquarters by General Abercromby during the 1797 British attacks on San Juan. Easily identified by its two short square tow... More
Batey Columbia Railroad Bridge, Spanning Maunabo River, Maunabo, Mauna...
Significance: The Batey Columbia Railroad Bridge is one of the few Warren Pony Truss Railroad Bridges which survive in Puerto Rico. The Central Columbia sugar mill, of which several buildings survive near the ... More
109 Calle San Jose, 109 Calle San Jose, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, ...
Significance: This house was the place where the well-known Fiestas de Cruz were organized in the early 1900's by the local poet, Jorge Adsuar. Survey number: HABS PR-67
Casa Blanca, San Sebastian Street (West End), San Juan, San Juan Munic...
Significance: Casa Blanca was built as a residence and fort for Juan Ponce de Leon and his family, although de Leon died in an expedition to Florida without ever getting to occupy the structure. He was the firs... More
100 Calle De La Cruz (Commercial/Residential Bldg), San Juan, San Juan...
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Casa Frederico Font, 34 Calle Castillo, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR
Significance: This building is one of the more elaborate and significant examples of the Baroque influence which was prevalent in Ponce in the early 20th century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for thi... More
Giorgetti, Eduardo, House, Ponce de Leon Avenue, Santurce, San Juan, S...
Significance: Significant as an interpretation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style house. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS PR-65 Building/structure date... More
Castillo de San Christobal, Boulevard Norzagaray, San Juan, San Juan M...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Casa Cautino, 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, PR
2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Cautiño House is striking due to the ornamental and detailed nature of its Spanish colonial architecture. This home represents the cultural and hist... More
Casa Miguel C. Godreau, Calle Reina 146, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR
1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1919, Miguel Godreau had his friend Eng Julio Conesa design and construct the wooden house. This structure was a wedding present for his young wife Leonina... More
Hacienda Buena Vista, PR Route 10 (Ponce to Arecibo), Magueyes, Ponce ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Casa Ramon Irizarry, 121 Calle Reina, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR
Survey number: HABS PR-70 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Faro de Punta Mulas, Punta Mulas, Isabel Segunda, Vieques Municipio, P...
Significance: The structure was built in 1895. Its background is the capital city of Vieques, Isabel II, and the central hills of the island. Survey number: HAER PR-15 Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial ... More
Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, ...
Significance: The original lighthouse was built in 1889 in position 18* 29' 26" N - 67* 9' 43" W, very close to the sea in a low sandy point. In 1918 Puerto Rico experienced an earthquake which had its epicente... More
Faro de Punta Tuna, Punta Tuna, Emajagua, Maunabo Municipio, PR
Significance: The Punta Tuna Lighthouse was constructed as a third order lighthouse that showed a white light with a group of two flashes. It served as the most eastern primary light that terminated the Island... More
San Francisco Sugar Central, Indios, Guayanilla Municipio, PR
Survey number: HAER PR-26 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hacienda Azucarera Vives, Playita Machete, Guayama Municipio, PR
Survey number: HAER PR-28 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Mill (Ruins), 2.65 miles North of PR ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER PR-1-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1861 Initial Construction
Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR
Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More
Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR
Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More
Casa Carlos Armstrong, 9 Plaza Munoz Rivera, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, P...
Public domain photograph of gates, entrance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...
Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More