Rafael Acevedo House

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Rafael Acevedo House
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LocationVíctor Duteil Street between San José and Baldorioty Streets in Isabel Segunda, Vieques, Puerto Rico
Coordinates 18°09′00″N65°26′35″W / 18.1500°N 65.4430556°W / 18.1500; -65.4430556
Built1900
ArchitectPedro Peterson
Architectural styleSpanish Creole Vernacular
NRHP reference No. 94000249
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 1994

The Rafael Acevedo House (Spanish: Casa Rafael Acevedo), also called the Mirella Acevedo Sanes House (Casa Mirella Acevedo Sanes), is a historic residence located in the town of Isabel Segunda, the largest settlement in the Puerto Rican island-municipality of Vieques. [1] 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 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. [2]

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References

  1. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, NATIONAL REGISTER DIGITAL ASSETS (1994). "Acevedo, Rafael, House". npgallery.nps.gov.
  2. Santiago Cazull, Héctor; Rabin, Robert (September 30, 1992). "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM". npgallery.nps.gov.