Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones

The Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas) is a Puerto Rican government program adopted by the state Planning Board (Junta de Planificación) for use by both private and public entities to evaluate, register, revitalize, develop or protect the built historic and cultural heritage of Puerto Rico in the context and for economic planning and land use zoning.[1][2]

There is an overlap between the Register of Historic Sites and Zones and the federal National Register of Historic Places (Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos), however, properties can be listed in the former and not in the latter and vice versa. Properties inscribed in the register can be either individual sites or historic districts (zonas históricas) consisting of multiple structures, buildings, and sites. As of 2024, there are more than 260 sites and historic districts listed in the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones.[2] Sites can be listed in the register through legal codification by either the Puerto Rico Planning Board, the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office or the Financial Advisory Authority and Fiscal Agency of Puerto Rico through a Real Property Evaluation and Disposition Committee which has been in place since 2023.[3]

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The following is a list of properties that are listed on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones but not on the National Register of Historic Places.

Name Image Municipality Resolution number Designation date Description
Antigua Casa Residencia Exgobernador Don Jesús T. Piñero   Canóvanas 96-80-007-JP-SH January 16, 1996 Former residence of Jesús T. Piñero, the last United States-appointed and first Puerto Rican-born governor of Puerto.
Antigua Clínica Ramírez Quiles Mayagüez 2002-25-JP-SH July 18, 2002
Antigua Vaquería Subestación Experimental Agrícola Gurabo 2013-47-02-JP-SH August 27, 2013 Former dairy farm structure designed by famed architect Henry Klumb now located in the University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experimental Substation in Gurabo.[4]
Antiguas Casas Gemelas Defilló-Mooyer Mayagüez 2016-29-02-JP-SH January 16, 2018
Antiguo Centro de Procesamiento de Tabaco   Caguas 2002-46-01-JP-SH October 30, 2002
Antiguo Edificio Suliveres Arecibo 2016-06-01-JP-SH November 18, 2016
Antiguo Instituto Blanche Kellog   San Juan 2003-18-01-JP-SH April 9, 2003 Former Congregational almshouse of the Blanche Kellog Institute. Now used as medical offices and part of the Ciudadela commercial and residential complex.
Antiguo Leprocomio Insular Trujillo Alto 2004-19-01-JP-SH July 2, 2004
Antiguo Pueblo del Niño Dorado 2016-11-01-JP-SH October 28, 2016
Arroyo Historic Zone   Arroyo 97-72-007-JP-ZH June 13, 1997 Historic downtown area (pueblo) of the municipality of Arroyo. Includes properties such as former U.S. Customs House (Casa de Aduana de Arroyo) and the Roman Catholic parish church.[5]
Batey Central Columbia   Maunabo 2007-74-02-JP-SH April 30, 2007
Biblioteca Pública Ensenada Guánica 99-59-015-JP-SH January 21, 1999
Caguas Historic Zone   Caguas 96-46-006-JP-ZH July 6, 1996 Historic downtown area (pueblo) of the municipality of Caguas. Includes the main town square (Plaza Palmer), the Roman Catholic parish church and properties listed in the NRHP such as the former city hall.[2]
Casa Caritas II/Casa de los Macarones II Mayagüez 2022-29-01-JP-SH November 8, 2022
Casa de la Sucesión Mendoza Patiño Aguada 2006-26-01-JP-SH January 24, 2006
Casa Urrutia (Oficina Regional ICPR) Mayagüez 2006-29-01-JP-SH January 24, 2006
Cementerio Municipal   San Sebastián 2021-30-02-JP-SH October 24, 2022
Coamo Historic Zone   Coamo 95-66-005-JP-ZH July 19, 1995 Historic downtown area (pueblo) of the municipality of Coamo and one of the oldest settlements in Puerto Rico. Includes properties such as the city hall and NRHP-listed properties such as the Church of San Blas de Illescas and the Picó Pomar Residence.[2]
Edificio de Apartamentos Aguadilla 2016-01-01-JP-SH May 10, 2017
Edificio Eduardo Tartak San Juan 2004-18-01-JP-SH February 4, 2004
Edificio Jean-Lo (Antiguo Club Casino Mayagüezano) Mayagüez 2006-29-01-JP-SH January 24, 2006
Edificio La Palma (Antiguo Hotel La Palma) Mayagüez 2006-29-01-JP-SH January 24, 2006
Edificio “Marine World” (Antiguo Edificio González Padín) Mayagüez 2006-29-01-JP-SH January 24, 2006
Edificio Ochoa   San Juan 2004-18-03-JP-SH November 4, 2004
Edificio Olimpo 611 San Juan 99-18-016-JP-SH January 21, 1999
Escuela de la Comunidad Santiago Negroni Yauco 2012-60-01-JP-SH November 18, 2016
Escuela Lucchetti San Juan 2021-18-91--JP-SH September 8, 2021
Escuela Narciso Rabell Cabrero San Sebastián 2002-24-JP-SH July 18, 2002
Funeraria Fernández Mayagüez 2004-29-01-JP-DE December 2, 2004
Guayama Historic Zone   Guayama JPH-4 July 10, 1992 Historic downtown area (pueblo) of the municipality of Guayama. Includes the main town square and NRHP-inscribed properties such as the Roman Catholic parish church and Casa Cautiño.[2]
Hacienda Burenes Ponce 2014-63-01-JP-SH April 15, 2006
Hotel Mayagüez Plaza (Antigua Casa Parroquial de los Rendentoristas) Mayagüez 2006-29-01-JP-SH January 24, 2006
Iglesia San Vicente de Paul San Juan 2003-18-02-JP-SH October 21, 2003
La Casa Rectoría de la Universidad del Turabo Gurabo 95-47-006-JP-SH December 22, 1995
La Casita Verde-Residencia Don Abelardo Díaz Alfaro Caguas JP-SH-93-02 December 1, 1993
Las Palmas 640 San Juan 2016-18-01-JP-SH December 22, 2016
Las Palmas 644 San Juan 2016-18-01-JP-SH December 22, 2016
Las Palmas esq. Refugio 901 San Juan 2016-18-01-JP-SH December 22, 2016
Manatí Historic Zone   Manatí JP-H-2 January 15, 1986 Historic downtown area (pueblo) of the municipality of Manatí. Closely associated with the regional sugarcane and tobacco industries. Includes the historic municipal cemetery and NRHP-inscribed properties such as the Roman Catholic parish church and the former tobacco collective.[6]
Miramar Historic Zone   San Juan 2007-18-JP-ZH December 23, 2010 Historic district in Santurce famous for its historic, Prairie School, Mission and Spanish Revival-style homes with patios and gardens built along the former San Juan Tramway.[7]
Museo Casa Grande (Antigua Residencia Campoamor)   Mayagüez 2006-29-01-JP-SH January 24, 2006
Ponce Historic Zone   Ponce JPH-3 February 3, 1989 Historic downtown area (pueblo) of the municipality of Ponce with the Plaza Las Delicias as its centerpiece, famous for being the birthplace of the Neoclassical Isabeline and Ponce Creole styles.[8] The zone also includes the historic core of the Ponce Playa area.[9][10]
Primera Iglesia de Cristo Científico San Juan 2007-18-01-JP-SH August 20, 2007
Refugio 902 San Juan 2016-18-01-JP-SH December 22, 2016
Refugio 903 San Juan 2016-18-01-JP-SH December 22, 2016
Residencia Beneján Aguadilla 2000-(RO)-19-JP-SH December 21, 2000
Residencia Familia Barket (Casa Barket) Mayagüez 2016-29-01-JP-SH May 10, 2017
Residencia García Quevedo Añasco 2016-28-01-JP-SH April 22, 2016
Residencia González Lebrón (Antigua Residencia Comas Barber) Mayagüez 2006-29-01-JP-SH January 24, 2006
Residencia Lcda. Nilita Vientós Gastón San Juan JP-SH-93-01 December 1, 1993
Residencia Vigía 23 Ponce 2020-63-01-JP-SH February 10, 2021
Restaurante Siglo XX (Antigua Residencia Honore) Mayagüez 2006-29-01-JP-SH January 24, 2006
Ruinas Antigua Hacienda La Lucía   Yabucoa 2016-75-01-JP-SH December 2, 2016 Ruins of Hacienda La Lucía, also known as Central Santa Lucía, one of the most lucrative sugarcane plantations and refineries in Puerto Rico during the 19th-century.[11]
Ruinas del Batey y de la antigua Central San Vicente   Vega Baja 2005-09-01-JP-SH December 14, 2005 Ruins of Central San Vicente, the first modern sugarcane plantation and refinery in Puerto Rico (1873-1967).[12]
Sagrado Corazón Historic Zone   San Juan JP-PS-ZHSC December 22, 2016 Historic district of Santurce famous for its Revivalist, Prairie School and Art Deco architecture.[13]
Tienda-Almacén Siempreviva Mayagüez 2004-29-02-JP-DE December 2, 2004
Vega Baja Historic Zone   Vega Baja 2004-09-08-JP-ZH September 30, 2004 Historic downtown area (pueblo) of the municipality of Vega Baja. Includes the historic center around the main town square, two schools and the former train station as stated in the official name: Zona Histórica del Centro Urbano y tres Sitios Históricos (Escuela José Gualberto Padilla, Escuela Brígida y Antigua Estación del Tren).[2]
Villa Caparra-Residencia Pedro Adolfo de Castro y Besosa Guaynabo 98-16-014-JP-SH December 17, 1998
Villa Fernández San Juan 97-17-011-JP-SH June 13, 1997
Yauco Historic Zone   Yauco 2022-24-06-JP-ZH June 24, 2023 Historic downtown area (pueblo) of the municipality of Yauco, strongly associated with the coffee industry and Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico. Strongly impacted by the 2020 Puerto Rico earthquake, it includes the main town square and 222 buildings and structures, some of which are NRHP-inscribed.[14][15]

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References

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  1. ^ "Reglamento de Sitios y Zonas Históricas (Reglamento de Planificación Núm. 5 Revisado)" (PDF). January 14, 1993.
  2. ^ a b c d e f 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.
  3. ^ "Ley para Proteger los Inmuebles, Edificios o Monumentos Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF). bvirtualogp.pr.gov. January 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Gurabo – Estación Experimental Agrícola (EEA)". 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  5. ^ Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Departamento de la Vivienda, ICP y DTOP. "Zona Histórica Arroyo, PR" (PDF). afv.pr.gov.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Departamento de la Vivienda, ICP y DTOP. "Zona Histórica Manatí, PR" (PDF). afv.pr.gov.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Zona Histórica de Miramar en San Juan de Puerto Rico". 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-10-24. (Spanish)
  8. ^ Restauran Cine Teatro en Ponce. El Nuevo Dia. 18 May 1991.
  9. ^ Mapa Interactivo. Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Accessed 10 October 2011.
  10. ^ Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce en su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Secretaria de Cultura y Turismo del Municipio Autonomo de Ponce. First edition. 2003. pp. 190-192.
  11. ^ "Conserva huellas de la historia". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  12. ^ Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (ed.). "San Vicente, Vega Baja - Ruta de Caña". Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 9 Sep 2017.
  13. ^ (in Spanish) Cangrejos - Santurce - Authors; Aníbal Sepúlveda, Jorge Carbonell, Centro de Investigaciones CARIMAR, Oficina Estatal de Preservación Histórica, (1988) (Spanish)
  14. ^ "Yauco ya tiene su zona histórica". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  15. ^ Torres, Michelle Estrada (2021-06-02). "Centro urbano de Yauco será declarado zona histórica". Voces del Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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