National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Puerto Rico

This is a list of properties and districts in the southern municipalities of Puerto Rico that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It includes places along the southern coast, and on islands, and in the peaks and on the south slope of Puerto Rico's Cordillera Central.

The area covered spans from the city of Yauco on the southwest coast to the Patillas municipality at the southeast. It also includes the non-shore towns of Adjuntas, Jayuya, and Villalba. All NRHP-listed places south, on the coasts, islands, slopes, and in the peaks of the Cordillera are included.

Names of places given are as they appear in the National Register, reflecting name as given in NRHP application at the date of listing. Note, the National Register name system does not accommodate Spanish á, ñ and other letters.

See also:

Southern municipalities

Adjuntas

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Las Cabanas Bridge Upload image
July 19, 1995
(#95000838)
PR 135 over Río de las Vacas
18°10′46″N 66°44′10″W / 18.179583°N 66.73625°W
Adjuntas, Puerto Rico ( See also Capáez and Garzas. Does this bridge between those two subareas? )
2 Quinta Vendrell Upload image
February 9, 2006
(#06000028)
Junction of PR 143 and PR 123
18°08′53″N 66°41′29″W / 18.148056°N 66.691389°W
Portugues

Arroyo

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Punta Figuras Light
Punta Figuras Light
October 22, 1981
(#81000687)
SE of Arroyo
17°57′18″N 66°02′51″W / 17.955°N 66.0474°W
Arroyo

Coamo

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Casa Blanca
Casa Blanca
April 28, 1992
(#92000379)
17 Jose I. Quinton St.
18°04′55″N 66°21′07″W / 18.0819°N 66.3519°W
Coamo Spanish Creole architecture from 1865
2 Church San Blas de Illescas of Coamo
Church San Blas de Illescas of Coamo
December 10, 1984
(#84000463)
Mario Braschi St.
18°04′57″N 66°21′24″W / 18.0825°N 66.3567°W
Coamo Latin American Baroque architecture of a church from 1661
3 General Méndez Vigo Bridge
General Méndez Vigo Bridge
July 19, 1995
(#95000839)
Near Coamo
Coordinates missing
Coamo Brick barrel vault bridge from 1898, by US Corps of Engineers, also known as Puente Rio las Minas
4 Hermitage Church of Nuestra Señora de Valvanera of Coamo Upload image
March 31, 1986
(#86000700)
Quinton and Carrion Mafuro Sts.
18°04′53″N 66°21′35″W / 18.0814°N 66.3597°W
Coamo Church from 1685
5 Padre Inigo Bridge Upload image
July 19, 1995
(#95000840)
Near Coamo
Coordinates missing
Coamo Brick barrel vault bridge from 1853
6 Pico Pomar Residence Upload image
July 12, 1988
(#88000961)
Corner of Mario Braschi and Jose Quinton St.
18°04′56″N 66°21′23″W / 18.0822°N 66.3564°W
Coamo Spanish Neoclassical building from 1840, also known as Coamo Historic Museum
7 Puente de las Calabazas Upload image
February 17, 2009
(#09000042)
Near Coamo
Coordinates missing
Coamo Lattice girder bridge from 1882

Guayama

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Casa Cautino
Casa Cautino
December 31, 1984
(#84003137)
Vicente Pales Ares St.
17°59′16″N 66°06′49″W / 17.9878°N 66.1136°W
Guayama Classical Revival building from 1887
2 Cayey Bridge
Cayey Bridge
December 31, 2099
(#95000845)
Near Guayama
18°00′09″N 66°06′55″W / 18.0025°N 66.1153°W
Guayama An iron lateral lattice girder bridge from 1891
3 Eleuterio Derkes Grammar School Upload image
August 4, 1987
(#87001312)
Jose Maria Angueli St.
17°59′01″N 66°06′47″W / 17.9836°N 66.1131°W
Guayama Neo-Classical school built in 1909
4 Iglesia Parroquial de San Antonio de Padua de Guayama Upload image
July 30, 1976
(#76002248)
5 Ashford St.
Coordinates missing
Guayama Built in 1775
5 Ingenio Azucarero Vives
Ingenio Azucarero Vives
September 1, 1976
(#76002249)
Avenida Central, Barrio Machete
17°58′45″N 66°07′03″W / 17.9792°N 66.1175°W
Guayama

Guayanilla

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Padre Nazario School Upload image
November 14, 2012
(#12000936)
4 Concepcion Street
Coordinates missing
Guayanilla

Jayuya

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 La Piedra Escrita Upload image
January 15, 2003
(#02001720)

Coordinates missing
Jayuya Prehistoric rock art site

Juana Diaz

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Church San Juan Bautista y San Ramón Nonato of Juana Díaz Upload image
December 10, 1984
(#84000465)
Town Plaza
18°03′18″N 66°30′21″W / 18.055°N 66.5058°W
Juana Diaz Church from 1807
2 Cueva Lucero Upload image
September 26, 2008
(#08000936)
Near Juana Diaz
Coordinates missing
Juana Diaz Prehistoric rock art site

Patillas

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Maria Davila Semidey School Upload image
November 14, 2012
(#12000939)
300 Munoz Rivera Street
Coordinates missing
Patillas

Penuelas

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Daniel Webster School Upload image
November 14, 2012
(#12000940)
255 Luis Munoz Rivera Street
Coordinates missing
Penuelas

Ponce

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location Barrio Description
1 Albergue Caritativo Tricoche
Albergue Caritativo Tricoche
May 14, 1987
(#87000769)
Tricoche St.
18°01′22″N 66°36′56″W / 18.0228°N 66.6156°W
Segundo Hospital in Neoclásico Isabelino style from 1885
2 Antiguo Cuartel Militar Español de Ponce
Antiguo Cuartel Militar Español de Ponce
May 14, 1987
(#87000772)
Calle Castillo Final
18°01′02″N 66°36′32″W / 18.0172°N 66.6089°W
Quinto Spanish military headquarters in Ponce, in Neoclásico Isabelino style, from 1894
3 Antiguo Hospital Militar Español de Ponce
Antiguo Hospital Militar Español de Ponce
May 14, 1987
(#87000770)
Leon, Atocha and Bondad Sts.
18°01′17″N 66°36′54″W / 18.0214°N 66.615°W
Segundo Neoclásico Isabelino style, from 1897
4 Armstrong-Poventud House
Armstrong-Poventud House
October 29, 1987
(#87001821)
Calle Union No. 9
18°00′48″N 66°36′54″W / 18.0133°N 66.615°W
Segundo Neoclassical designed by Manuel Domenech and built in 1899
5 Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño
Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño
June 25, 1987
(#87001002)
Marina and Amor Sts.
18°00′48″N 66°36′48″W / 18.0133°N 66.6133°W
Tercero Beaux Arts design by Francisco Porrata Doria, from 1924
6 Banco de Ponce
Banco de Ponce
June 25, 1987
(#87001003)
Amor and Comercio Sts.
18°00′45″N 66°36′48″W / 18.0125°N 66.6133°W
Tercero Beaux Arts design by Francisco Porrata Doria, also from 1924
7 Casa Alcaldía de Ponce-City Hall
Casa Alcaldía de Ponce-City Hall
November 19, 1986
(#86003197)
South, Las Delicias Square
18°00′46″N 66°36′52″W / 18.0128°N 66.6144°W
Primero Neoclásico Isabelino-style City Hall, from 1846
8 Casa de la Masacre
Casa de la Masacre
October 20, 2005
(#05001098)
Marina St. No. 32
18°00′39″N 66°36′50″W / 18.0108°N 66.6139°W
Cuarto Ponce Creole building related to the Ponce Massacre of 1937 by Blas Silva
9 Casa Paoli
Casa Paoli
October 1, 2009
(#09000769)
14 Mayor St.
18°00′36″N 66°36′46″W / 18.01°N 66.6127°W
Cuarto Neoclassical design with other 20th-century elements by Manuel V. Domenech
10 Casa Vives Upload image
February 13, 2013
(#13000013)
88 Calle Paseo Atocha
Coordinates missing
Ponce vicinity
11 Casino de Ponce
Casino de Ponce
October 28, 1987
(#87001818)
Calle Marina & Calle Luna
18°00′43″N 66°36′49″W / 18.0119°N 66.6136°W
Cuarto Second Empire- and Neo-Rococo-style building from 1922, designed by Agustin Camilo Gonzalez
12 Castillo de Serralles
Castillo de Serralles
November 3, 1980
(#80004494)
Cerro El Vigia
18°01′41″N 66°37′05″W / 18.0281°N 66.6181°W
Portugues Urbano Spanish Mediterranean style "castle" from 1926 by Pedro Aldolfo de Castro
13 Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe of Ponce
Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe of Ponce
December 10, 1984
(#84000467)
Town Plaza
18°00′42″N 66°36′30″W / 18.0118°N 66.6084°W
Segundo Neoclassical building from 1835 by Francisco Porrata Doria
14 Cementerio Antiguo de Ponce
Cementerio Antiguo de Ponce
January 5, 1984
(#84003149)
Torres no. 1 and Frontispicio St.
18°01′14″N 66°37′18″W / 18.0206°N 66.6217°W
Segundo Neo-classical. 1864 enlargement designed by Nieto Blajol Iglesia, from 1842
15 Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul
Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul
August 25, 1988
(#88001249)
Off PR-123
18°01′07″N 66°38′04″W / 18.0186°N 66.6344°W
Segundo Classical Revival, Spanish Revival, Art Deco from 1901, also called Cementerio Católico de Ponce
16 Centro Ceremonial Indígena
Centro Ceremonial Indígena
April 14, 1978
(#78003381)
Road PR-503, Barrio Portugues, Ponce
18°02′32″N 66°37′18″W / 18.0422°N 66.6217°W
Portugues Also known as Batey Indígena de Tibes. (Also, Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center )
17 Edificio Empresas Ferré Upload image
August 27, 2013
(#13000638)
834 Eugenio Maria de Hostos Ave.
17°58′55″N 66°37′13″W / 17.981963°N 66.620154°W
Playa
18 Edificio Municipal de la Playa de Ponce Upload image
August 27, 2013
(#13000639)
28 Alfonso XII St.
17°58′55″N 66°37′16″W / 17.982005°N 66.621188°W
Playa
19 Faro de la Isla de Caja de Muertos
Faro de la Isla de Caja de Muertos
October 22, 1981
(#81000690)
Isla Caja de Muertos
17°53′35″N 66°31′16″W / 17.893°N 66.5211°W
Playa Neo-classical light house from 1887
20 Faro del Puerto de Ponce
Faro del Puerto de Ponce
October 22, 1981
(#81000691)
Isla Cardona, Ponce Harbor
17°57′24″N 66°38′06″W / 17.9568°N 66.635°W
Playa Neo-classical light house from 1889
21 Font-Ubides House
Font-Ubides House
October 29, 1987
(#87001825)
Calle Castillo No. 34
18°00′41″N 66°36′43″W / 18.0114°N 66.6119°W
Quinto Classical Revival, Art Nouveau building by Blas C. Silva, from 1913
22 Casa Miguel C. Godreau
Casa Miguel C. Godreau
April 30, 1986
(#86000894)
146 Calle Reina
18°00′51″N 66°37′08″W / 18.0142°N 66.6189°W
Segundo House from 1919, designed by Julio Conesa
23 Hacienda Buena Vista
Hacienda Buena Vista
October 17, 1994
(#91001499)
Near Corral Viejo
18°09′52″N 66°37′32″W / 18.1644°N 66.6256°W
Magueyes Colonial-style coffee plantation from 1833
24 Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad
Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad
September 29, 1986
(#86002766)
Marina St. at jct. of Mayor and Abolicion Sts.
18°00′32″N 66°36′47″W / 18.0089°N 66.6131°W
Cuarto Late Gothic Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival church from 1926
25 McCabe Memorial Church
McCabe Memorial Church
April 11, 2008
(#08000283)
835 Eugenio Maria de Hostos Ave.
17°59′20″N 66°37′01″W / 17.9889°N 66.6169°W
Playa Neo-gothic church from 1908 designed by Antonin Nechodoma
26 Mercado de las Carnes
Mercado de las Carnes
November 17, 1986
(#86003199)
Alley connecting Mayor and Leon Sts.
18°01′03″N 66°36′48″W / 18.0175°N 66.6133°W
Quinto Art Deco meat market from 1926 by Rafael Carmoega
27 Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
October 29, 1987
(#87001822)
Calle Villa No. 135
18°00′44″N 66°36′58″W / 18.0122°N 66.6161°W
Primero Bungalow, integrating Neo-Gothic, Spanish Revival, Spanish Baroque, and byzantine elements, from 1907, designed by Antonin Nechodoma
28 Oppenheimer House
Oppenheimer House
October 29, 1987
(#87001824)
Calle Salud No. 47
18°00′41″N 66°36′43″W / 18.0114°N 66.6119°W
Cuarto Spanish-Art Nouveau house from 1913, designed by Alfredo B. Weichers
29 Parque de Bombas de Ponce
Parque de Bombas de Ponce
July 12, 1984
(#84003150)
Plaza las Delicias
18°00′49″N 66°36′51″W / 18.0136°N 66.6142°W
Segundo Fire station in Gothic style, from 1882 by Maximo de Meana y Guridi.
30 Ponce High School
Ponce High School
August 4, 1987
(#87001310)
Christina St.
18°00′49″N 66°36′37″W / 18.0136°N 66.6103°W
Tercero Classical Revival building from 1915, designed by Adrian C. Finlayson
31 Ponce YMCA Building Upload image
June 4, 2012
(#12000331)
7843 Calle Nazaret Urbanizacion Santa Maria
Coordinates missing
Primero Part of the Rafael Rios Rey Multiple Property Submission
32 Puente Rio Portugues Upload image
January 6, 2015
(#14001134)
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Ave.
17°59′36″N 66°36′55″W / 17.993399°N 66.615293°W
Playa
33 Rosaly-Batiz House
Rosaly-Batiz House
September 29, 1986
(#87002768)
125 Villa St.
18°00′43″N 66°37′10″W / 18.0119°N 66.6194°W
Primero Italian Renaissance Palazzo house by Manuel V. Domenech from 1897
34 Salazar-Candal House
Salazar-Candal House
June 9, 1988
(#88000663)
Calle Isabel No. 53
18°00′50″N 66°36′43″W / 18.0139°N 66.6119°W
Tercero Neo-Classic, Art Nouveau, and Spanish Revival house from 1911, designed by Blas C. Silva
35 Subira House
Subira House
October 28, 1987
(#87001826)
Calle Reina No. 107
18°00′58″N 66°36′59″W / 18.0161°N 66.6164°W
Segundo Ponce Creole house from 1910, designed by Blas C. Silva
36 Casa Fernando Luis Toro Upload image
March 5, 1986
(#86000421)
Calle Obispado No. 3, La Alhambra
18°01′11″N 66°36′23″W / 18.0197°N 66.6064°W
Machuelo Abajo Victorian, Georgian, Neo-classic, Beaux Arts, Spanish Revival and Catalonian Modernism from 1927, designed by Francisco Porrata Doria
37 US Custom House
US Custom House
February 10, 1988
(#88000073)
Calle Bonaire at Calle Aduana Playa de Ponce
17°58′54″N 66°37′13″W / 17.9817°N 66.6203°W
Playa Spanish colonial, possibly by Albert B. Nichols from 1842
38 Villaronga House
Villaronga House
August 24, 1984
(#84003151)
106 Reina St.
18°00′52″N 66°37′01″W / 18.0144°N 66.6169°W
Segundo Classical Revival house from 1921, designed by Alfredo B. Wiechers
39 Zaldo de Nebot Residencia Upload image
June 9, 1988
(#88000643)
Calle Marina No. 27
18°00′41″N 66°36′50″W / 18.0114°N 66.6139°W
Primero Classical Revival building from 1895

Salinas

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Central Aguirre Historic District
Central Aguirre Historic District
October 23, 2002
(#02001208)
Near Salinas
17°57′36″N 66°13′39″W / 17.96°N 66.2275°W
Salinas From 1899

Santa Isabel

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh Graded School Upload image
February 4, 2011
(#10001217Show)
33 Eugenio M. de Hostos St.
Coordinates missing
Santa Isabel

Villalba

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Walter McK. Jones School Upload image
January 29, 2013
(#12001249)
28 Luis Muñoz Rivera St.
18°07′50″N 66°29′35″W / 18.1305°N 66.4931°W
Villalba vicinity

Yauco

[1] Name on the Register Image Date listed[2] Location City or town Description
1 Casa Agostini Upload image
June 9, 1988
(#88000682)
Calle San Rafael
18°02′11″N 66°50′52″W / 18.0364°N 66.8478°W
Yauco A Classical Revival house designed by Miguel Briganti Pinti
2 Casa Franceschi Antongiorgi Upload image
January 16, 1985
(#85000113)
25 de Julio St.
18°02′09″N 66°50′57″W / 18.0358°N 66.8492°W
Yauco A Beaux Arts house from 1907 (See section Landmarks in Yauco of the Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico)
3 Casona Cesari Upload image
January 16, 1985
(#85000114)
25th of July and Matienzo Cintron Sts.
18°02′08″N 66°15′07″W / 18.0356°N 66.2519°W
Yauco House from 1893. (See Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico#Corsican Landmarks in Yauco)
4 Chalet Amill Upload image
January 16, 1985
(#85000115)
No. 33 Mattei Lluberas St.
18°02′17″N 66°51′02″W / 18.0381°N 66.8506°W
Yauco See Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico#Corsican Landmarks in Yauco
5 Filardi House Upload image
January 16, 1985
(#85000116)
25 de Julio St. and corner of Baldorioty St.
18°02′08″N 66°51′02″W / 18.0356°N 66.8506°W
Yauco A Beaux Arts home built in 1916 (See Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico#Corsican Landmarks in Yauco )
6 Logia Masónica Hijos de la Luz Upload image
June 9, 1988
(#88000684)
Avenida José C. Barbosa
18°02′02″N 66°50′56″W / 18.0339°N 66.8489°W
Yauco From 1894
7 Residencia González Vivaldi Upload image
February 5, 1987
(#86003201)
26 Mattei Lluberas St.
18°02′17″N 66°50′54″W / 18.0381°N 66.8483°W
Yauco Criollo style house from 1880
8 Teatro Ideal Upload image
June 9, 1988
(#88000683)
Calle Comerio
18°02′13″N 66°50′55″W / 18.0369°N 66.8486°W
Yauco

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
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