Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 84003137 Phone +1 787-866-2506 Added to NRHP 11 June 1984 | Built 1887 Opened 1887 | |
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Address 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, 00784, Puerto Rico Hours Closed now Sunday8AM–4:30PMMondayClosedTuesday8AM–4:30PMWednesday8AM–4:30PMThursday8AM–4:30PMFriday8AM–4:30PMSaturday8AM–4:30PM Similar Aguirre State Forest, Carite Lake, Villaronga House, Punta de las Figuras Light, Museo de la Masacre de Ponce | ||
Arquitectura casa cauti o
Casa Cautiño is a house museum in Guayama, Puerto Rico. The museum collection, administered by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, include works of art, wood carvings, sculptures and furniture built by Puerto Rican cabinetmakers for the Cautiño family. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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History
The house was owned by Genaro Cautiño Vázquez, a wealthy Guayama landowner as well as a colonel of the Volunteer Battalion of the Spanish Army. During the Spanish–American War, the house was the headquarters for the American forces. After the war, Genaro Cautiño returned to occupy the house.
The U-shaped structure is one-story with an interior patio, which local architect Manual Texidor built in 1887 after graduation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris.
It features some of the elements of the Neoclassical architecture style, such as cornices, pilasters, candelabra, Roman arches, relief motifs, and classical ornamentation. These elements were blended with some of the details of the popular architecture of the southern area of Puerto Rico that prevailed when the structure was built.