Church San Juan Bautista of Maricao | |
![]() Iglesia de San Juan Bautista in 2016 | |
Location | Baldorioty St., Town Plaza, Maricao, Puerto Rico |
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Coordinates | 18°10′51″N66°58′46″W / 18.180868°N 66.979395°W |
Built | 1890–c. 1898 |
Engineer | Coranado, Jeronimo Jimenez |
Architectural style | Gothic |
MPS | Historic Churches of Puerto Rico MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 84003125 [1] |
RNSZH No. | 2000-(RC)-22-JP-SH |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 18, 1984 |
Designated RNSZH | March 15, 2001 |
The Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (English: Church of Saint John the Baptist) in Maricao, Puerto Rico is a church built during 1890-c.1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, [1] and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000. [2]
Its facade, facing onto the plaza of Maricao, is dominated by a three-level square bell tower, whose first level is a portico and which is capped by a pyramidal concrete roof. Its exterior has Gothic-style pointed arches; its interior has more traditional rounded arches. It has a nave and two aisles. The church's original roof was replaced in 1965 by a metal joist structure supporting corrugated asbestos sheets. [3]
It was designed by engineer Jeronimo Jiminez Coranado. [3]
It is one of 31 churches reviewed for listing on the National Register in 1984. [4]
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