Casa Roig

Casa Roig
Location Antonio Lopez 66, Humacao, Puerto Rico
Coordinates 18°9′3″N 65°49′37″W / 18.15083°N 65.82694°WCoordinates: 18°9′3″N 65°49′37″W / 18.15083°N 65.82694°W
Built 1920
Architect Nechodoma, Antonin
Architectural style Prairie School
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 77001550[1]
Added to NRHP November 17, 1977

Casa Roig is a Prairie School style house. It was designed for the wealthy sugar planter Antonio Roig Torruellas (1860-1933) by the prominent Czechoslovak architect Antonin Nechodoma (1877-1928). Casa Roig was builted in Humacao, Puerto Rico in 1920. The House has a cruciform plant, has two floors and a basement. It is made of concrete and wood, decorated lavishly with stained glass and mosaics. The design follows the Prairie House School style of the architect Louis Sullivan, but especially the unique style of the renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959).

The House was inhabited until 1956. From then on it remained closed until August 13, 1977 when the heirs of Antonio Roig donated the residence to the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao who adopted the mission to restore and preserve the structure. The work of restoration was carried out by the architects Otto Reyes and Tom Marvel over a period of 10 years. Casa Roig opened its doors to the public in 1989 and since then has served as a physical footprint and testimony of the Prairie School style adapted to the Caribbean, and as a center for cultural diffusion.

Casa Roig is considered among the best works of Nechodoma, and is the only residential structure built by Nechodoma which still remains complete. Casa Roig was the first residential structure in the twentieth century in Puerto Rico to be included in the National Register of Historical Places.


References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.

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