National Register of Historic Places

Teatro Ideal

Yauco, Yauco County, Puerto Rico
Listed
June 8, 1988
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
88000683

About this property

Teatro Ideal, also known as La Plaza Theater (Spanish: Teatro de La Plaza), is a historic theater and performing arts venue located in the main town square (plaza pública) of Yauco Pueblo, the administrative and historic center of the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. The theater was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001. The theater, originally built in 1926 as a movie theater for the Yauco Moving Picture Company, is a two-storey Broadway-type eclectic-style structure with monumental Tuscan columns with Roman amphora crowns that support the rainbow arch and roof which extends over the structure's façade. Although originally intended as a movie theater the venue soon became more popular in the 1920s and 1930s for zarzuelas, operettas and concerts by international musical artists such as by Argentine singer and composer Carlos Gardel. The venue also became popular for political assemblies by figures such as Antonio Rafael Barceló and Luis Muñoz Rivera, and for poetry readings by figures such as Francisco Villaespesa, Luis Lloréns Torres, Evaristo Ribera Chevremont and José Gordils. The theater was eventually closed and partially fell into disrepair until it opened after undergoing renovations between 2000 and 2012. The theater today hosts plays in addition to local events. National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Puerto Rico

Location

Yauco, Yauco County, Puerto Rico
18.03751, -66.84803

Categories

LITERATUREARCHITECTUREPHILOSOPHYPERFORMING ARTS
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When was Teatro Ideal listed on the National Register?

Teatro Ideal was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 8, 1988.

What type of historic resource is Teatro Ideal?

Teatro Ideal is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Teatro Ideal?

The period of significance for Teatro Ideal is recorded as the industrial era.

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