The Juana Rodríguez Morales House, in

Cayey Cayey (), officially Cayey de Muesas, is a mountain town and municipality in central Puerto Rico located on the Sierra de Cayey within the Central Mountain range, north of Salinas and Guayama; south of Cidra and Caguas; east of Aibonito and Sal ...

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, at 7 Nuñez Romeu St., is a

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-style townhouse built c.1850. It faces the plaza in the center of town. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2005. It has also been known as the Espadi-Cervoni House. It was home of a wealthy family and is a good example of local vernacular style that is depicted in period paintings. With It is built of timber-frame construction, with

mortise-and-tenon A mortise and tenon (occasionally mortice and tenon) joint connects two pieces of wood or other material. Woodworkers around the world have used it for thousands of years to join pieces of wood, mainly when the adjoining pieces connect at right ...

joints.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Buildings and structures completed in 1850 {{PuertoRico-NRHP-stub

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