Mayagüez City Hall

Historic building in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

United States historic place


Casa Consistorial De Mayaguez
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


18°12′04.00″N 67°08′23.00″W / 18.2011111°N 67.1397222°W / 18.2011111; -67.1397222
Built	1926
Architect	Arq. Carmoega and Ing M. Font Giménez
Architectural style	Classical Revival and Neoclasical
NRHP reference No.	85003046
Added to NRHP	December 2, 1977

The Casa Consistorial De Mayaguez, more commonly known as the Alcaldia de Mayagüez, is the city hall 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.^[1] The original building housed the municipal offices, a jail, a telegraph station and the guard corps.^[2] The current city hall was built in 1926. Its main entrance consists of a portico and a tower with a clock.^[1] Its façade is of the neoclassical style, classified as such because of the building's Corinthian capitals and its grecoroman columns.^[1] 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.^[1] The mayor that ordered the new city hall was Juan Rullán Rivera.^[3] Numerous parlors, rooms, offices and other services are situated in the building.^[1]

Gallery

Top portion of portico, the tower and clock at night

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Alvarez Cervela, José María (1983). La Arquitectura Clasica Actual en Mayagüez. Mayagüez, Puerto Rico: Antillian College Press. pp. 2–3.
^ Aguilo Ramos, Silvia (1984). Mayaguez: Notas para su Historia. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Model Offset Printing. p. 48.
^ "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