Antiguo Casino Camuyano

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Antiguo Casino Camuyano
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The Antiguo Casino Camuyano in 2017
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LocationEstella and Munoz Rivera Sts., Camuy, Puerto Rico
Coordinates 18°29′10″N66°50′44″W / 18.48611°N 66.84556°W / 18.48611; -66.84556
Built1910
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference No. 84003123 [1]
RNSZH No.2000-(RMSJ)-00-JP-SH
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 26, 1984
Designated RNSZHDecember 21, 2000

Antiguo Casino Camuyano is a building in downtown Camuy, Puerto Rico, which dates from 1910. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000. [1] [2]

The building was the center of political and social life in Camuy. It was the first reinforced concrete building in Camuy and its relatively fireproof construction was tested in 1910 and 1927 with fires that consumed much of downtown Camuy. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 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. Armando Morales Pares and Victor J. Lopez Reyes (December 20, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Antiguo Casino Camuyano / Antiguo Casino". National Park Service . Retrieved January 9, 2016. with five photos from 1983