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La Giralda (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Coordinates: 18°27′19″N 66°05′07″W / 18.45528°N 66.08528°W / 18.45528; -66.08528
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La Giralda
La Giralda (San Juan, Puerto Rico) is located in Puerto Rico
La Giralda (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Location651 José Martí Street (formerly known as Comercio Street), Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°27′19″N 66°05′07″W / 18.45528°N 66.08528°W / 18.45528; -66.08528
Builtc. 1910
ArchitectFrancisco Valinés Cofresí
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Victorian
NRHP reference No.08000786[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 2008

La Giralda in the Santurce barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico is a four-story reinforced concrete house that was built in c. 1910.[2] It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

It is located at 651 José Martí Street, at Miramar Avenue, at the highest point of the Miramar neighborhood, and is believed to have been designed by architect Francisco Valinés Cofresí and includes eclectic architectural style, including Neoclassical and Victorian elements, on an irregular square plan with a rounded balcony at its corner. It is unusual for its complexity including a crossed gabled roof with pediments. It is regarded as a "historic jewel", the finest of 21 buildings surviving in Miramar from the early 20th century.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Berenice Sueiro / Juan Llanes Santos (June 25, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: La Giralda" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017.