Left to right, top to bottom: Casa Salazar-Candal (1911) by Blas Silva, Mausoleum to the 'El Polvorin' Fire Heroes (1911) by Alfredo B. Wiechers, Casa Rosaly–Batiz (1897) by Manuel Domenech, Casa Fernando Luis Toro (1927) by Francisco Porrata Doria
Years active
1890-1930
Location
Ponce (Puerto Rico)
Major figures
Blas Silva, Manuel V. Domenech, Francisco Porrata Doria, Alfredo B. Wiechers
Influences
Classical revival, Spanish Revival, Victorian
Ponce Creole is an architectural style created in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the late 19th and early 20th century. This style of Puerto Rican buildings is found predominantly in residential homes in Ponce that developed between 1895 and 1920. Ponce Creole architecture borrows heavily from the traditions of the French, the Spaniards, and the Caribbean to create houses that were especially built to withstand the hot and dry climate of the region, and to take advantage of the sun and sea breezes characteristic of the southern Puerto Rico's Caribbean Sea coast.[1] It is a blend of wood and masonry, incorporating architectural elements of other styles, from Spanish Revival to Victorian.[2]
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^Island of Delights: Puerto Rico is a place of many pleasures: miles of Caribbean coastline, rugged mountains, cities and towns of irrestible charm. Mark Miller. National Geographic. Accessed 23 August 2022. [1]
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particularly Havana, Lima and Cartagena de Indias. PonceCreole is a unique architectural style created in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the late 19th and early 20th...
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(diachronic), but others, such as the Museum of Ponce Architecture focuses on a particular architectural style (PonceCreole) - synchronic. Some architecture museums...
in Ponce, Puerto Rico but were an inspiration and a subject of study for local architects in the development of local styles such as PonceCreole, French...
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designed the Ponce Cathedral, Banco de Ponce, and Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño Blas Silva (1869–1949), creator of the PonceCreole architectural style;...
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architecturally important cities in the island with a unique style called PonceCreole having been born there at the end of the 19th century. Some of the other...
1915, for the Vendrell-Suárez family. The architect who was a native of Ponce, had studied in Paris, and won a gold medal for his achievements in 1905...
from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was an expositor of the Neoclassicism and Art Nouveau architectural styles, doing most of his work in his hometown of Ponce. Today...
Rican architects of the 20th century. Rafael Carmoega Morales was born in Ponce in 1894. A 1918 graduate of the Cornell University School of Architecture...
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