The González Vivaldi Residence (
Spanish: ''Residencia González Vivaldi'') is a late 19th-century historic house located in
Yauco Pueblo, the administrative and historic center of the municipality of
Yauco, Puerto Rico
Yauco () is a Yauco barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in southern Puerto Rico. Although the Yauco barrio-pueblo, downtown is inland, the municipality stretches to a southern coast facing the Caribbean Sea. Yauco ...
. The house was built in 1880 in the traditional
Criollo vernacular style with elements of
Neoclassical and
Art Nouveau architecture that was typical to the private residences of wealthy landowners of the region at the time. The structure combines masonry and wood, with well-preserved wooden interiors that have not been altered since its construction. The house was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and to the
Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones
The Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas'') is a Government of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican government program adopted by the state Puerto Rico Planning Board, P ...
in 2001.
Gallery
File:Residencia Gonzalez Vivaldi detail - Yauco Puerto Rico.jpg, Ornamental details
See also
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Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico
Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico resulted in the 19th century from widespread economic and political changes in Europe that made life difficult for the peasant and agricultural classes in Corsica and other territories. The Second Industrial R ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Puerto Rico
References
Art Nouveau architecture in Puerto Rico
Houses completed in 1880
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
National Register of Historic Places in Yauco, Puerto Rico
Neoclassical architecture in Puerto Rico
1880s establishments in Puerto Rico
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