Hacienda Santa Rita is located in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico. It is also known as Casa Madre y Noviciado de las Hermanas Dominicas de Fatima and was built in 1800 by Don Mariano Quiñonez.[2]
Hacienda Santa Rita | |
 The main house of the hacienda in 2017 | |
  Location of Hacienda Santa Rita in Puerto Rico | |
| Nearest city | Guánica, Puerto Rico |
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| Coordinates | 18°00′27″N 66°53′03″W / 18.007462°N 66.884302°W |
| Built | 1800 |
| Architect | Guinonez, Mariano |
| Part of | Yauco Battle Site |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003147[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 5, 1984 |
It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
It consists of buildings of a former sugar plantation, Hacienda Desideria, including a main house and slave quarters.[2]
During the Spanish–American War in 1898 the building was used by the Spanish military and then by the Americans. Generals Guy Vernor Henry[note 1] and A. Garreston stayed at the house.[2]
From 1953 on it was used by, and from 1962 owned by, the Dominican Order of Our Lady of Fatima. The main house has been used as a convent and novice house.[2]
Notes edit
- ^ The reference states General Guy B. Henry stayed there. Assuming that is a typo, it was presumably Guy Vernor Henry, who soon became Governor of Puerto Rico.
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Casa Madre y Noviciado de las Hermanas Dominicas de Fatima". National Park Service. Retrieved January 24, 2017. with nine photos from 1983
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