Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (Maricao, Puerto Rico)

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Church San Juan Bautista of Maricao
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Iglesia de San Juan Bautista in 2016
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Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
Location of Maricao and the church in Puerto Rico
LocationBaldorioty St., Town Plaza, Maricao, Puerto Rico
Coordinates 18°10′51″N66°58′46″W / 18.180868°N 66.979395°W / 18.180868; -66.979395
Built1890–c. 1898
Engineer Coranado, Jeronimo Jimenez
Architectural styleGothic
MPS Historic Churches of Puerto Rico MPS
NRHP reference No. 84003125 [1]
RNSZH No.2000-(RC)-22-JP-SH
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1984
Designated RNSZHMarch 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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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. 1 2 Ester Cardona and Marisa Gomez (May 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Church San Juan Bautista of Maricao". National Park Service . Retrieved March 20, 2017. with six photos from 1984
  4. Marisa Gomez and Ester Cardona (July 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Thematic Nomination: Historic Churches of Puerto Rico". National Park Service . Retrieved December 22, 2016.