Casa de la Diosa Mita
Casa de la Diosa Mita | |
 Casa de la Diosa Mita in 2017 | |
| Location | 251 Fernandez Juncos St., Arecibo, Puerto Rico |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000966[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 9, 1988 |
The Casa de la Diosa Mita (in English, the House of the Goddess Mita) was a house located in Arecibo barrio-pueblo in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The house itself is unique because of its Beaux-Arts architectural design, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 1988.
The NRHP registration form states that in the future the NRHP record should be updated to reflect its significance because of who lived there. A self-professed goddess lived there. When she was living in this house in 1940, Juanita "Mita" García Peraza declared herself to be God and began the Mita Congregation, which continues to this day with its headquarters in Puerto Rico and chapters in the United States, Canada, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, El Salvador, Spain and the Dominican Republic.
By 2017 the house was in ruins and what remains is a shell of the structure.
References
- ^ "NRHP Registration Form" (PDF). Agencias PR. US Dept of the Interior. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
18°28′17″N 66°43′09″W / 18.471503°N 66.719155°W
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