The Casa Consistorial De Mayaguez, more commonly known as the Alcaldia de Mayagüez, is the
city hall
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for the
Municipality of Mayagüez. It is located in front of the
Colón Main Square facing the
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Cathedral.
History
The first building was built in 1845 but was destroyed by the
earthquake of 1918.
The original building housed the municipal offices, a jail, a telegraph station and the guard corps.
The current city hall was built in 1926. Its main entrance consists of a
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
and a tower with a clock.
Its façade is of the
neoclassical style, classified as such because of the building's Corinthian capitals and its grecoroman columns.
The architects were Carmoega and the Ing. Font Jiménez, it was built by Ignacio Flowers Lorenzo, and Adriano González was the contractor of the work.
The
mayor
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that ordered the new city hall was
Juan Rullán Rivera.
["Genealogias Biografias e Historia del Mayagüez de Ayer y Hoy y Antologia de Puerto Rico"; by Martin Gaudier (Author); Pages: 382–383; Publisher: Imprenta "El Aguila", San German (1959); Language: Spanish] Numerous parlors, rooms, offices and other services are situated in the building.
Gallery
Mayagüez City Hall in Puerto Rico.jpg, Top portion of portico, the tower and clock at night
References
External links
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City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
National Register of Historic Places in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Neoclassical architecture in Puerto Rico
Clock towers in Puerto Rico
Government buildings completed in 1926
1926 establishments in Puerto Rico
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