Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo

Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo
1861 smoke stack with cow in foreground
Historic smoke stack
Locator map
Locator map
Location of Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo in barrio Maguayo, Dorado, Puerto Rico
LocationPuerto Rico Highway 693, Km. 0
Dorado, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°24′42″N 66°15′50″W / 18.41167°N 66.26389°W / 18.41167; -66.26389 (Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo)
Area300 acres (120 ha)
Built1849 (1849)
NRHP reference No.88001848[1]
RNSZH No.2000-(RMSJ)-00-JP-SH
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 22, 1989
Designated RNSZHFebruary 3, 2000

Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo is a historic place in the town and municipality of Dorado, in Puerto Rico. It is also known as Casa Hacienda de Don Oscar Nevárez, or Hacienda de Río Nuevo.[2]

It is the agriculture, architecture and industry surrounding this hacienda that makes it an important part of Puerto Rican history and culture.[3]

The privately owned property has had many owners over the years, including Don José Nevares. Oscar Nevares, the uncle of Ricardo Rosselló, the governor of Puerto Rico, has a house there. The hacienda is now being used as a dairy farm with over 350 cows and is located next to the Plata River, where cows from the farm can be seen from Puerto Rico Highway 693 and Puerto Rico Highway 2.[4]

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 1989,[5] and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.[6]

Still standing, is a historic smoke stack from 1861, a chimney which was used when the hacienda was a sugarcane mill.[7][8]

  • Dairy farm structures
    Dairy farm structures
  • Cow stables
    Cow stables
  • Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo cows at the nearby river in Dorado
    Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo cows at the nearby river in Dorado
  • Cows in line to be milked
    Cows in line to be milked
  • Cows at Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo
    Cows at Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Oficina Estatal de Conservación Histórica" (in Spanish).
  3. ^ Arleen Pabon; Felix Julian (September 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo / Casa Hacienda de Dn. Oscar Nevarez; Hacienda de Rio Nuevo". National Park Service. Retrieved June 1, 2019. With accompanying eight photos from 1988
  4. ^ "Haciendas". Biografía de las Riquezas de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  5. ^ "NPGallery Digital Asset Management System Autofill". National Park Service. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  6. ^ GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO, JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO (December 7, 2022). "REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO" (PDF). jp.pr.gov.
  7. ^ "Media Luna". Jaime Montilla. Archived from the original on 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  8. ^ "Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo NRHP Registration Form" (PDF). PR Gov't. Virtual Library.