Isabel II barrio-pueblo(referred to as Isabel Segunda in Spanish) is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) in the downtown area in the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,354.
The Augusto Delerme House, also known as the Pablo Delerme House, is a historic 4-room Creole-vernacular residence located at 7 Benítez Guzmán Street in the town of Isabel Segunda, the largest settlement in the Puerto Rican island-municipality of Vieques. The house was built in 1850 for a local prominent French-born landowner in the architectural style typical of French Creole dwellings in the West Indies with influence from the vernacular 19th-century Criollo architectural styles of Puerto Rico. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.
The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel of Utuado is a historic Roman Catholic parish church located in Utuado Pueblo, the administrative and historic center of the municipality of Utuado, Puerto Rico. The church is listed in the Inventory of the Historic Churches of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones and the United States National Register of Historic Places due to its architectural and historical significance.
The Antonio Mattei Lluberas Residence, also known as La Casona Césari and the House of the Twelve Doors, is a historic late 19th-century manor house located in Yauco Pueblo, the administrative and historic center of the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. The house was designed by architect Antonio Mattei Lluberas and built in 1893 by Angelo Cesari Poggi of the Césari Antongiorgi family, a Corsican-Puerto Rican family who was important in the development of the sugarcane industry of Yauco and southwestern Puerto Rico.
The Miguel C. Godreau House is a historic residence located in the historic zone of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The house was designed by architects Julio Conesa and Julio Morales and was built in 1919. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1986.
The González Vivaldi Residence is a late 19th-century historic house located in Yauco Pueblo, the administrative and historic center of the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. The house was built in 1880 in the traditional Criollo vernacular style with elements of Neoclassical and Art Nouveau architecture that was typical to the private residences of wealthy landowners of the region at the time. The structure combines masonry and wood, with well-preserved wooden interiors that have not been altered since its construction. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.
The Machín–Ramos Residence is a historic late 19th-century house located in San Lorenzo Pueblo, the administrative and historic center of the municipality of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. The building is the best example of 19th-century Spanish Creole vernacular architecture in San Lorenzo and a good example of this style of architecture in Puerto Rico, with well-preserved examples of this type of building becoming rarer throughout the island in the 20th century.
The Jaime Acosta y Fores Residence, also known as the Doña Delia Acosta House, is a historic vernacular Creole residence located in the historic center (pueblo) of the municipality of San Germán, Puerto Rico. The house was built in 1917 in the traditional Spanish Creole-inspired vernacular style that was popular during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Puerto Rico. It was designed by architect and engineer Luis Pardo for Jaime Acosta y Fores, a wealthy sugarcane plantation owner who built it for his wife Delia López as a wedding gift. The interior of the house was much less traditional, integrating influences from styles such as Art Nouveau. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 as it is well-preserved and has suffered no significant modifications throughout the years.
665 McKinley Street is a historic Spanish Creole vernacular-style house located in Miramar, a historic residential area of Santurce in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The house was built in 1906 during a transitional period in the history of architecture in Puerto Rico when the local adaptations of Spanish vernacular styles were transitioning into the Spanish Revival styles that was being imported from the United States and adapted into the tropical environments of the island. The house is well-preserved and retains all elements of this period and, with the exception of the rear balcony, no modifications or alterations that modify the architectural integrity have been made. For this reason, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.
The second Delerme-Anduze House, also known as the Rosendo Delerme House at 355 Antonio Mellado Street, is a historic 19th-century Spanish Creole-style house located in Isabel Segunda, the largest and main administrative and historic settlement of the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Local historical accounts such as "The Immigrations to Vieques, 1823-1898", describe the residence as the second house in Vieques to be owned by Augusto Neré Delerme, a wealthy French immigrant from Guadeloupe who built it in 1876 as a wedding gift for his wife Cecilia Anduze, a native of Saint Thomas. The house was lived by their son Julio Delerme-Anduze and afterwards by his descendants. The residence was added to the National Register of Historic Places and the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones for its architectural and historical significance as it represents a prime example of Spanish vernacular architecture with elements of the French Creole architecture from the West Indies that was popular in Vieques at the time.
The Smaine–Ortiz House, also known as the Porfirio Ortiz House, is a historic residence located in Isabel Segunda, the main settlement and administrative center of the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. The house is an L-shaped mixed-construction vernacular residential building notable for its ornamented Miami-typed windows and raised gallery balcony. It was built in 1898 by Augustin Smaine, an immigrant from the British West Indies, with later modifications made by its second owner, Don Carlos Ortiz who was a wealthy sugarcane plantation owner during the 19th century. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.
Vieques Pharmacy refers to a historic building that has formerly housed a pharmacy and the main post office of the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. The building is located in front of the main town square of Isabel Segunda, the main settlement and administrative center of Vieques. The building is a one-story masonry structure originally intended to be a commercial building. It dates to 1898 when it functioned as a pharmacy, the then called Farmacia de Vieques Liberty Drug underwent remodeling between 1900 and 1903 when the building was under the ownership of Victor Molinary Duteil, a French-Puerto Rican pharmacist and vice-consul of Denmark in Vieques. He was responsible for strengthening the diplomatic and economic ties between Vieques and the then Danish Virgin Islands and later, during and after the Spanish-American War, he helped establish various federal institutions in the island such as a post office and worked as an official translator for the U.S. government until 1910 when he was elected mayor of the island-municipality. Throughout the rest of its history the building continued to serve as a convenience store and as a bar. The building today maintains its architectural integrity and today is the oldest and best-preserved building of its type in Vieques, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.
The Vieques City Hall, also known as the Vieques Municipal House and formerly known as Casa del Rey, is a historic civic building located in the main town square of Isabel Segunda, the administrative center and main settlement of the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.
The Rafael Acevedo House, also called the Mirella Acevedo Sanes House, is a historic residence located in the town of Isabel Segunda, the largest settlement in the Puerto Rican island-municipality of Vieques. It was designed and built in 1900 by Pedro Peterson, a local engineer and master builder. The residence was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001 for being the best-preserved hipped-gable house in Vieques and for being a superb example of the vernacular trends that represent the result of different architectural imports from the British and French West Indies into the Spanish Caribbean.
The Jaime Puig Lemoine Residence, also known as the Carmen Puig Residence, is a historic Bungalow/Craftsman-style house located in the town of Isabel Segunda, the largest settlement in the Puerto Rican island-municipality of Vieques. It was built in 1930 by Catalan and French-Puerto Rican architect Jaime Puig Lemoine in the American Craftsman style, an architectural style that was successfully imported from the United States to Puerto Rico during the first half of the 20th century. It also incorporates elements of Modernism and the local Spanish Creole vernacular architectures. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.
The Berta Sepúlveda House is a historic residence located in Sabana Grande Pueblo, the administrative and historic center of the municipality of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. It was designed by Mayagüez-native self-made architect Rafael Bofill and built between 1926 and 1927 in a traditional vernacular style with elements inspired by the newly emerging Modern architecture, particularly the Prairie-style. Its most distinctive feature is its wide curved balcony with its Tuscan-style columns. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.
The J. J. María le Guillou Tombs, better known as the Guillou Tombs, refers to a historic graveyard consisting of six tombs belonging to the Le Guillou family, the founders of Isabel Segunda, the main town in the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. The site, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001, can be found in what is today the Puerto Diablo barrio, just outside of the town of Isabel Segunda. This is the site of a former sugarcane plantation, Hacienda La Pacience, the first of its kind to be established in the island of Vieques. It was established by Teófilo José Jaime María Le Guillou, a Spanish-naturalized French immigrant from Quimperlé, Brittany who is considered the founder of the modern municipality of Vieques. The site today consists of six individual tombs that were built between 1843 and 1855 in a Neoclassical style for the members of the Le Guillou family.
Grand Spiritual Lodge No. 1, also known as Casa de las Almas, is a historic building and Spiritualist meeting hall located in Santurce in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was designed by Luis F. Delgado and Juan Rivera Paris using a simple but elegant Neoclassical style. The structure was built by members of the lodge in 1928 with the intended purpose of serving as a Spiritualist meeting hall for a local Spiritualist lodge founded in 1910. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 for its historic and architectural significance.
Casa Márquez is a historic manor house located in Hormigueros Pueblo, the administrative and historic center of the municipality of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. The manor house dates to at least 1823 when it was built at the site of plantation and hacienda, with modifications being made in 1885 and 1935. The manor house is one of the best-preserved houses of its kind in the island and it has been owned by the local Márquez family for six generations. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The Vigil House is a historic late 19th-century residence located in the Pueblo barrio, the former administrative and historic center of the town of Río Piedras before it was incorporated into the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The house is notable for being highly representative of wooden dwellings of the Puerto Rican middle-class of the time before the trend of concrete constructions of the 20th century. The house today is located a block away from the University of Puerto Rico High School and two blocks away from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus. Although it is abandoned today, it is one of the best-preserved vernacular houses in Río Piedras and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
