Quinta Vendrell

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Quinta Vendrell
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Quinta Vendrell
Location of Quinta Vendrell in Puerto Rico
LocationJunction of Highways 143 and 123
Barrio Portugués
Adjuntas municipality
Puerto Rico
Coordinates 18°08′50″N66°41′24″W / 18.147181°N 66.690033°W / 18.147181; -66.690033
Built1918
Architect Alfredo Braulio Wiechers Pieretti
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No. 06000028 [1]
RNSZH No.2008-34-01-JP-SH
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 9, 2006
Designated RNSZHSeptember 26, 2008

Quinta Vendrell, in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, is believed to have been designed by architect Alfredo B. Wiechers Pieretti. It is a two-story balloon framed country house that was built in 1918. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2006 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2008. [1] [2] [3]

The home sustained damages as a result of Hurricane María on September 20, 2017, and in 2019, the owners were in talks with community representatives about how to raise funds to repair it. [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. Olga de la Rosa Andujar and Juan Llanes Santos. "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Quinta Vendrell / Granja San Andres". National Park Service . Retrieved December 24, 2016. with eight photos from 2005
  3. 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.
  4. Álvarez, Femmy Irizarry (May 15, 2019). "Piden auxilio para reparar la Quinta Vendrell en Adjuntas". Primera Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved September 1, 2021.