National Register of Historic Places

Lassise-Schettini House

Sabana Grande, Sabana Grande County, Puerto Rico
Listed
October 20, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87001823

About this property

The Lassise–Schettini House, also known as La Quinta, is a historic house in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. It was designed by architect Luis Perocier and built in 1924 for Dr. Enrique Lassise, a physician and "remembered good-samaritan" of the town of Sabana Grande and his wife It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000. It is a two-story building with a mix of architectural styles, showing influence of the style of the traditional plantation house of the United States Gulf Coast and the Caribbean, of the Chicago Prairie style, and of the Moorish-Spanish Revival. Perocier learned from more renowned Czech architect Antonin Nechodoma, who himself settled in Puerto Rico eventually after studying with Frank Lloyd Wright under Louis Sullivan. While most of Nechodoma's works in Puerto Rico are gone; La Quinta survives as "one of the few major examples of prairie-influenced structures in Puerto Rico and the only intact manor house of its kind in Sabana Grande."

Location

Sabana Grande, Sabana Grande County, Puerto Rico
18.08539, -66.95868

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Nearby Battles

Battle of Yauco — Puerto Rico
1898Modern
8 mi
Battle of Yauco (Puerto Rico)
1898Modern
8 mi
Landing at Guanica
1898Frontier
8.3 mi
Battle of Guanica Bay (Naval Support)
1898Frontier
8.3 mi
Battle of Guanica (Puerto Rico 1898)
1898Frontier
8.4 mi

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When was Lassise-Schettini House listed on the National Register?

Lassise-Schettini House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 20, 1987.

What type of historic resource is Lassise-Schettini House?

Lassise-Schettini House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Lassise-Schettini House is recorded as the industrial era.

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