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Casa Alonso

Coordinates: 18°26′46″N 66°23′12″W / 18.44611°N 66.38667°W / 18.44611; -66.38667
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Casa Alonso
Façade of Casa Alonso (2023)
Casa Alonso is located in Puerto Rico
Casa Alonso
Location34 Betances St.,
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°26′46″N 66°23′12″W / 18.44611°N 66.38667°W / 18.44611; -66.38667
Architectural stylespanish colonial
NRHP reference No.96001491[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 13, 1996

Casa Alonso is a house museum and cultural center in Vega Baja Pueblo, the historic downtown of the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1] The house is also known as Museo de Arte, Historia y Cultura Casa Alonso, administered by the municipality of Vega Baja.[3]

It is a two-story wood and masonry "neoclassical vernacular style" residence. It was lived in successively by Soliveras, Otero, and Alonso families, of sugar plantation wealth.[2]

  • Casa Alonso from José Julián Acosta Street
    Casa Alonso from José Julián Acosta Street
  • Sign for the Museo Casa Alonso in Vega Baja Pueblo.
    Sign for the Museo Casa Alonso in Vega Baja Pueblo.
  • Casa Alonso museum dedication plaque.
    Casa Alonso museum dedication plaque.
  • Casa Alonso National Register of Historic Places dedication plaque.
    Casa Alonso National Register of Historic Places dedication plaque.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Leonardo Santana Rabell, Luis de la Rosa, Hector Abreu, and Karen Gonzalez Jensen (August 5, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Casa Alonso". National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) with four photos from 1995
  3. ^ "Museo Casa Alonso". Municipio Autónomo de Vega Baja (in Spanish). 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2023-01-09.


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