Brunet–Calaf Residence

Brunet-Calaf Residence
The ruined residence in 2019.
Brunet–Calaf Residence is located in Puerto Rico
Brunet–Calaf Residence
LocationCorner of Quiñones and Patriota Pozo Streets, Manatí, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°25′39″N 66°29′34″W / 18.42750°N 66.49278°W / 18.42750; -66.49278
Built1850
NRHP reference No.88001306
Added to NRHPSeptember 1, 1988

The Brunet–Calaf Residence (Spanish: Residencia Brunet–Calaf) is a historic structure and former residence located in the historic center of the Puerto Rican municipality of Manatí. The residence was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] The house, along with a portion of the city hall of Manatí, was destroyed by a fire in 2016.[2]

The Brunet-Calaf House occupied the western third of a block next to the church and the main plaza of Manatí. It had two stories, the lower one dedicated to commercial uses and the upper one residential. It was one of the most impressive of the nineteenth century townhouse of Manatí. This building agglutinates a diversity of stylistic tendencies which were common to Manatí's architectural history between 1850 and 1910. Its irregular massing and proportioning are very interesting and elegantly blended as are the different architectural history borne out by local builders and artisans whose names have long been forgotten. It well can be said that the Brunet-Calaf House is a compendium of the towns evolving building and crafts tradition during the second half of the nineteenth century.[3]

  • Residence remnants in 2019.

See also

References

  1. ^ National Park Service, NPGallery Digital Asset Management System. "Brunet--Calaf Residence".
  2. ^ Figueroa, Yesenia Torres, Desconocen la causa del incendio en Manatí (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-07-20
  3. ^ United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF).