The Augusto Delerme House (
Spanish: ''Casa Augusto Delerme''), also known as the Pablo Delerme House (''Casa Pablo Delerme''), is a historic 4-room
Creole-
vernacular
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residence located at 7 Benítez Guzmán Street in the town of
Isabel Segunda, the largest settlement in the
Puerto Rican island-municipality of
Vieques. The house was built in 1850 for a local prominent French-born landowner in the architectural style typical of French Creole dwellings in the West Indies with influence from the vernacular 19th-century Criollo architectural styles of Puerto Rico. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1994.
See also
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French immigration to Puerto Rico
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico
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References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
Houses completed in 1850
Vieques, Puerto Rico
1850s establishments in Puerto Rico
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