National Register of Historic Places

Edificio Alcaldia

Carolina, San Juan County, Puerto Rico
Listed
December 28, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83004197

About this property

The Edificio Alcaldia (Spanish for ''city hall building''), also known as the Antigua Casa Alcaldía de Carolina (Old City Hall of Carolina), is a historic building in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The building was designed by Puerto Rican architect Rafael Carmoega, then an architect of the Department of the Interior, with assistance of Francisco Garden. The Department of the Interior also built the building. In addition to serving as the City Hall, the facilities included government offices, the Municipal Jail, and a Medical Office. It is a reinforced concrete and steel building, with bearing walls and major beams made of reinforced concrete. Joists for floors are steel. The building has a belltower with a small, reinforced concrete cupola with Spanish ceramic tiles. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000. It was listed in part for its architecture, which is "in a style peculiar to the period in Puerto Rico. Reminiscent of traditional Spanish architecture, with motifs as varied as hanging moorish balconies on the one hand, and an austere Navarran portal on the other, the building is architecturally, one of the best in downtown Carolina." The building was restored in 1992. It is currently the headquarters of the Cultural Development Program and the Tourism Office of the Municipality of Carolina. A new city hall was inaugurated in 1998.

Location

Carolina, San Juan County, Puerto Rico
18.38107, -65.95741

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURE
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When was Edificio Alcaldia listed on the National Register?

Edificio Alcaldia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 28, 1983.

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Edificio Alcaldia is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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