The Filardi House ( es, Casa Filardi), also known as Casa Muñoz ( en, Muñoz House), is a historic house with ground-level commercial space in
Yauco
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,
Puerto Rico
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. It is notable for the extensive use of
concrete
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sculptural ornamentation on its facade.
Italian immigrant
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Vicente Filardi, a
contractor
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Business roles
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* General contractor, an individual o ...
with business in
Ponce and Yauco, designed and built the house in 1916 with his sons Juan Bautista and Domingo. The younger Filardis were responsible for the integration of the elaborate decorative features with the overall
Beaux-Arts plan, and later came to be recognized as experts in production of ornamental elements of
cast
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concrete.
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The house was added to the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1985.
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See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Yauco, Puerto Rico
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Alex Llombart Filardi
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Carmelo Filardi
Carmelo Filardi (1900–1989) was a Puerto Rican artist of Italian ancestry, was a cartoonists who had his work published in Puerto Rico's newspaper starting in 1927. He was from Yauco, Puerto Rico and his parents were born in Italy. Filardi ...
References
External links
Summary sheet from the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office
National Register of Historic Places in Yauco, Puerto Rico
Houses completed in 1916
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
Beaux-Arts architecture in Puerto Rico
1916 establishments in Puerto Rico
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