National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_northern_Puerto_Rico

National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Puerto Rico

Places in northern Puerto Rico listed on the US National Register of Historic Places

This portion of National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico is along the north coast, north plains, and north slopes of the Cordillera, from Isabela to Guaynabo.

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National Register entries listed below are found in the highlighted 17 municipalities of Puerto Rico.

Names of places given are as appear in the National Register, reflecting name as given in NRHP application at the date of listing. Note, the National Register name system does not accommodate Spanish á, ñ and other letters.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 26, 2024.^[1]

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[6] The Stahl House's National Register of Historic Places nomination form gives a birth date of 1841 for Agustín Stahl,^[4] while most other references, such as the Smithsonian Institution,^[5] state 1842.

[7] The Plata Bridge spans the boundary between Bayamón (Barrio Dajaos) and Naranjito (Barrio Nuevo) municipalities.

[10] The name of the Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Martir de Guaynabo is presented here without the accent on "Mártir" in conformance with the usage in the church's National Register nomination form^[6] and Federal Register announcement of listing.^[7]

[13] The name of the Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apostol de Toa Baja is presented here without the accent on "Apóstol" in conformance with the usage in the church's National Register nomination form^[9] and Federal Register announcement of listing.^[7]

[14] The National Register listing for the San Juan National Historic Site includes components in both San Juan and Toa Baja municipalities.

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National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 26, 2024.

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Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.

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The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

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Llanes Santos, Juan (December 14, 2010), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Casa Dr. Agustín Stahl Stamm (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2015, retrieved November 15, 2015.

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Acevedo-Rodrguez, P. (n.d.), "The Botanical Legacy of Agustín Stahl", Flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, archived from the original on November 6, 2015, retrieved November 15, 2015.

[PedroMNom-8] [6]
Tarr, J. Alexandra (1976), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Martir de Guaynabo (PDF), retrieved April 15, 2017.

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"Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service: National Register of Historic Places; Annual Listing of Historic Properties", 44 FR 7416 (February 6, 1979), at p. 7581.

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"Contáctenos", Corporación Mabodamaca, Inc., n.d., archived from the original on January 26, 2016, retrieved January 25, 2016.

[PedroANom-12] [9]
Davila, Arturo V. (March 27, 1975), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apostol de Toa Baja (PDF), retrieved January 22, 2016.

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Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.

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^[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[3]	Location	Barrio	Description
1	Calle Gonzalo Marín No. 61	Calle Gonzalo Marín No. 61 More images	October 19, 1986 (#88000645)	61 Gonzalo Marín Street 18°28′19″N 66°42′54″W	Arecibo Pueblo	Traditional Spanish Colonial-style residence building from before 1860. Also known as the Abreu Residence.
2	Cambalache Bridge	Cambalache Bridge	July 19, 1995 (#95000831)	Spanning Río Grande de Arecibo, west of Puerto Rico Highway 2 18°27′13″N 66°42′09″W	Cambalache and Tanamá	Steel bridge built by the Puerto Rico Railway Company in 1893 spanning the Arecibo River as a connector between San Juan and Arecibo. Also known as the French Bridge.
3	Casa Alcaldía de Arecibo	Casa Alcaldía de Arecibo More images	September 29, 1986 (#86002762)	José de Diego Avenue 18°28′21″N 66°42′56″W	Arecibo Pueblo	The city hall of Arecibo, built between 1850 and 1866 in a Classical Revival style.
4	Casa Córdova	Casa Córdova More images	November 17, 1986 (#86003185)	14 Gonzalo Marín Street 18°28′21″N 66°42′49″W	Arecibo Pueblo	Historic mix-use commercial and residential building from 1898 with architecture inspired in the Neoclassical and Beaux Arts styles. Also known as Casa de las Conchas.
5	Casa de la Diosa Mita	Casa de la Diosa Mita More images	September 9, 1988 (#88000966)	251 Fernández Juncos Street 18°28′17″N 66°43′09″W	Arecibo Pueblo	A now-ruined Beaux Arts house and former residence of the self-professed goddess Juanita García Peraza, founder of the Mita Congregation.
6	Casa Ulanga	Casa Ulanga	July 26, 1982 (#82003822)	7 Gonzalo Marín Street 18°28′21″N 66°42′46″W	Arecibo Pueblo	Former Superior Court of Arecibo used throughout its history as a bank, store, city hall of Arecibo, hospital, jail and cultural center.
7	Corregimiento Plaza Theater	Corregimiento Plaza Theater	January 6, 1986 (#86000041)	Llaguerry and Toribio Pagán Streets 18°28′22″N 66°42′55″W	Arecibo Pueblo	Classical Revival-style theater from 1876. Also known as the Oliver Theater.
8	Edificio Oliver	Edificio Oliver More images	October 1, 1986 (#86002764)	64 José de Diego Avenue 18°28′21″N 66°42′55″W	Arecibo Pueblo	Beaux Arts-style building formerly used as a Casa del Rey, courthouse and school. Now used as a municipal office building.
9	Faro de Arecibo	Faro de Arecibo More images	November 23, 1977 (#77001546)	Punta Morillos, Highway 655 18°28′55″N 66°41′55″W	Arecibo Pueblo	Spanish-built Neoclassical lighthouse from 1898, the last one to be built by Spain before the Spanish-American War. Part of the Lighthouse System of Puerto Rico TR.
10	Federico Degetau Consolidated Rural School	Federico Degetau Consolidated Rural School	May 26, 2020 (#100005236)	Carretera #662 Km. 68 18°26′45″N 66°39′55″W	Santana	Historic school building for primary and secondary education in the rural Santana barrio of Arecibo.
11	Gonzalo Marín 101	Gonzalo Marín 101 More images	November 19, 1986 (#86003183)	101 Gonzalo Marín Street 18°28′18″N 66°42′56″W	Arecibo Pueblo	One of the oldest purpose-built bank buildings in the region, designed in a Spanish Neoclassical style. Popularly known as the Old Citibank Building.
12	National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center	National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center More images	September 23, 2008 (#07000525)	Highway 625, San Rafael Sector 18°20′45″N 66°45′10″W	Esperanza	Observatory complex consisting of radio telescopes and a LIDAR facility, most notably the Arecibo Telescope, a large spherical reflector built into a sinkhole in the middle of the Northern Puerto Rico karst region, formerly the largest of its kind in the world.
13	Palacio del Marqués de las Claras	Palacio del Marqués de las Claras More images	July 12, 1988 (#88000964)	58 Gonzalo Marín Street 18°28′20″N 66°42′53″W	Arecibo Pueblo	Neoclassical urban mansion built in 1888 for Fernando Fernández Umpierre, Marquis de las Claras, a wealthy owner of sugarcane plantations. Formerly served as the Casino of Arecibo and currently used as an event venue.
14	Paseo Víctor Rojas	Paseo Víctor Rojas More images	November 19, 1986 (#86003188)	Gonzalo Marín Street at José de Diego Avenue 18°28′22″N 66°42′42″W	Arecibo Pueblo	Rectangular promenade designed in a Neoclásico Isabelino-style and built in 1881 at the site of a former Spanish fort. Also known as the Paseo de Damas.
15	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Graded School	Upload image	February 8, 2021 (#100006152)	Calle Oriente No. 218 18°28′18″N 66°43′09″W	Arecibo vicinity	Historic Art Deco style school built in 1938 on top of a hill in downtown Arecibo at the site of a former hermitage.

^[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[3]	Location	Barrio	Description
1	Casa Dr. Agustín Stahl Stamm	Casa Dr. Agustín Stahl Stamm	February 4, 2011 (#10001216)	14 José Martí St. 18°23′56″N 66°09′19″W	Bayamón Pueblo	This 1840s house was the residence and laboratory of internationally recognized scientist Agustín Stahl (1842–1917)^{[lower-alpha 1]} from 1865 until his death. Despite a modest physician's income, Stahl published important works in zoology, botany, medicine, agriculture, ethnology, demography, and history, and led public health campaigns across Puerto Rico.^[4]
2	Casa Natal Dr. José Celso Barbosa	Casa Natal Dr. José Celso Barbosa	August 24, 1984 (#84003156)	16 Barbosa St. 18°23′57″N 66°09′16″W	Bayamón Pueblo	House from 1850, associated with physician and sociologist José Celso Barbosa, known as the father of the Puerto Rico statehood movement. Now owned by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and operated as a historic house museum.
3	Church Santa Cruz of Bayamón	Church Santa Cruz of Bayamón	September 18, 1984 (#84003162)	Plaza de Hostos 18°23′56″N 66°09′21″W	Bayamón Pueblo	Historic parish church from 1772, built atop a hill known as Alto del Embarcadero around which the modern city of Bayamón was developed.
4	Farmacia Serra	Upload image	May 4, 1989 (#88000685)	11 Degetau St. 18°23′57″N 66°09′20″W	Bayamón Pueblo	Eclectic Rennaissance Revival residential and commercial mixed-use building from 1910 that housed the first store of the Serra drugstore chain.
5	Marqués de la Serna Bridge	Marqués de la Serna Bridge	July 19, 1995 (#95000850)	Highway 890, km 24.1 18°24′10″N 66°09′21″W	Juan Sánchez and Bayamón Pueblo	A well-preserved rolled iron segmented arch bridge and the only one of its kind in Puerto Rico. Also known as the Bayamón Bridge or Bridge No. 379.
6	Plata Bridge	Plata Bridge More images	July 19, 1995 (#95000849)	Highway 167, km 0.9 18°18′14″N 66°12′41″W	Dajaos and Nuevo^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Bridge built to span La Plata River in 1908 consisting of two Parker truss spans, the only of its kind in Puerto Rico.
7	Puerto Rico National Cemetery	Puerto Rico National Cemetery More images	September 26, 1983 (#83002298)	Highway 168 18°24′44″N 66°10′00″W	Hato Tejas	The only United States national cemetery outside of mainland U.S., established 1948 at a mogote-surrounded site surrounded formerly owned by the United States Navy.

^[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[3]	Location	Barrio	Description
1	Antiguo Casino Camuyano	Antiguo Casino Camuyano More images	January 26, 1984 (#84003123)	Estrella and Muñoz Rivera Streets 18°29′03″N 66°50′42″W	Camuy Pueblo	Classical Revival-style reinforced concrete building from 1910 that served as both a casino and as an event building
2	Ernesto Memorial Chapel	Ernesto Memorial Chapel More images	July 8, 2010 (#10000453)	Intersection of Highway 486 and Highway 488 18°25′59″N 66°51′16″W	Abra Honda	American Craftsman-style Methodist chapel from 1912 designed by Albert Munson and built as a memorial for Ernesto Kiplinger. Popularly known as la Iglesia de Piedra (the Stone Church).
3	Hacienda La Sabana	Hacienda La Sabana	February 14, 1985 (#85000295)	Highway 119, km 9.9 18°27′15″N 66°53′03″W	Camuy Arriba	Ruins of a former large sugarcane plantation and manor (hacienda) built in a valley between the Camuy and Guajataca Rivers in 1773 for Don Gregorio Rodriguez.

^[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[3]	Location	Barrio	Description
1	Bacardí Distillery	Bacardí Distillery More images	August 6, 2010 (#10000524)	Highway 165, km 2.6, intersection Highway 888, Bay View Industrial Park 18°27′31″N 66°08′29″W	Palmas	The world's largest rum distillery and historic district consisting of twenty-four Art Deco buildings and structures designed by Henry Klumb and others, including the famous Casa Bacardi.
2	Sanctuary of Blessed Martín de Porres	Sanctuary of Blessed Martín de Porres More images	January 11, 2017 (#100000503)	Comercio Street and Oeste Cementerio Street 18°26′37″N 66°07′59″W	Palmas	Historic pilgrimage church designed in the Modernist-style by Henry Klumb.

^[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[3]	Location	Barrio	Description
1	SS Antonio López Shipwreck Site and Remains	SS Antonio López Shipwreck Site and Remains More images	February 9, 1994 (#93001593)	Angelina Reef, off Mameyal Beach 18°28′48″N 66°13′50″W	Mameyal	Sunken steel propeller merchant steam liner that once belonged to the Compañía Transatlántica Española, sunk during the Spanish–American War. Also a National Historic Landmark.
2	Casa del Rey	Casa del Rey	May 19, 1989 (#89000408)	292 Méndez Vigo Street 18°27′32″N 66°15′38″W	Dorado Pueblo	Built in 1823 as the local casa del rey, also functioned as the Militia Guard Headquarters and the Municipal Jail of Dorado throughout its history before being used as a private residence. Associated with writer Manuel A. Alonso Pacheco.
3	Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo	Hacienda de Carlos Vassallo More images	March 22, 1989 (#88001848)	Highway 693, km 0 18°24′37″N 66°15′45″W	Maguayo	Well-preserved chimney of a former sugar-processing mill built in 1861.
4	Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School	Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School More images	October 11, 1988 (#88001846)	Norte and San Quintín Streets 18°27′36″N 66°15′43″W	Dorado Pueblo	Mission/Spanish Revival school from 1923, designed by Pedro Adolfo de Castro.
5	Residencia Don Andrés Hernández	Residencia Don Andrés Hernández	May 22, 1989 (#89000428)	196 Norte Street 18°27′35″N 66°15′42″W	Dorado Pueblo	Well-preserved vernacular Spanish Creole house built in 1880. Also known as the Don Modesto Hernández Residence or the Casa Amarilla (Yellow House).
6	Residencia Doña Antonia Ramírez	Upload image	October 11, 1988 (#88001847)	Highway 693, km 7 18°25′43″N 66°15′54″W	Maguayo	Italianate building from 1921, designed by Camilo Munoz.

National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_northern_Puerto_Rico

National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Puerto Rico

Arecibo

Barceloneta

Bayamón

Camuy

Cataño

Dorado

Florida

Guaynabo

Hatillo

Isabela

Manatí

Quebradillas

San Sebastián

Toa Alta

Toa Baja

Vega Alta

Vega Baja

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^[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[3]	Location	Barrio	Description
1	Caparra	Caparra	February 28, 1984 (#84003155)	Highway 2, km 6.2 18°24′19″N 66°06′50″W	Pueblo Viejo	Site of original 1508 Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico by Juan Ponce de León. It also represents the oldest European settlement under United States jurisdiction. Now home of the Museum of the Conquest and Colonization of Puerto Rico. Also a National Historic Landmark.
2	Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Martir de Guaynabo^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Martir de Guaynabo More images	September 8, 1976 (#76002250)	Plaza de Recreo 18°21′28″N 66°06′42″W	Guaynabo Pueblo	Historic parish church built between 1750 and 1775, it is the oldest building still-standing in Guaynabo. ^[6]
3	Oficina de Telégrafo y Teléfono	Oficina de Telégrafo y Teléfono	July 3, 2012 (#12000396)	1729 José E. Carazo St. 18°21′32″N 66°06′38″W	Guaynabo Pueblo	Art Deco telegraph and telephone station and office building designed by José Hernández Márquez and constructed by the Communications Authority of Puerto Rico in 1948.

^[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[3]	Location	Barrio	Description
1	Brunet–Calaf Residence	Brunet–Calaf Residence More images	September 1, 1988 (#88001306)	Corner of Quiñones and Patriota Pozo Streets 18°25′39″N 66°29′34″W	Manatí Pueblo	Ruined former residence of the Brunet-Calaf family, representative of the residential architectural tendencies of the epoch. It was destroyed by a fire in 2016.
2	Church Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria y San Matías of Manatí	Church Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria y San Matías of Manatí More images	September 18, 1984 (#84003130)	Patriota Pozo Street, Town Plaza 18°25′38″N 66°29′33″W	Manatí Pueblo	Historic parish church from 1729. Part of the Historic Churches of Puerto Rico MPS.
3	La Colectiva Tabacalera	La Colectiva Tabacalera More images	September 1, 1988 (#88001305)	18 Quiñones Street 18°25′40″N 66°29′31″W	Manatí Pueblo	Industrial Neoclassical building from 1880 formerly used as a tobacco warehouse.
4	Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza	Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza More images	August 11, 1976 (#76002190)	Northwest of Manatí on Highway 616 18°28′03″N 66°31′31″W	Tierras Nuevas Poniente	2,265-acre sugarcane plantation owned by José Ramon Fernández, 1st Marquis of La Esperanza consisting of several industrial buildings and an early 19th-century manor house. The slave quarters, trapiche and steam engines are still preserved. Also named a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark.
5	Plaza del Mercado de Manatí	Plaza del Mercado de Manatí More images	August 19, 1988 (#88001303)	Quiñones, Padial and Baldorioty Streets 18°25′37″N 66°29′37″W	Manatí Pueblo	Art Deco and Mission/Spanish Revival architecture from 1925, designed by Rafael Carmoega.

^[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[3]	Location	Barrio	Description
1	Puente Blanco	Puente Blanco	February 23, 1984 (#84003126)	Spanning Quebrada Mala Canyon on Panoramica Street 18°29′10″N 66°55′34″W	Terranova	Bridge designed by Etienne Totti and built in 1922 across the Quebrada Mala Canyon.
2	Teatro Liberty	Teatro Liberty	May 4, 1989 (#88000963)	157 Rafols Street 18°28′24″N 66°56′21″W	Quebradillas Pueblo	Historic theater and performing arts venue from 1921 designed by Arcilio Rosa.

^[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[3]	Location	Barrio	Description
1	Ermita Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria del Plantaje	Upload image	June 30, 2015 (#15000398)	Highway 866 18°26′48″N 66°09′49″W	Sabana Seca	A now ruined hermitage built at the former plantation of Hacienda del Plantaje.
2	Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apostol de Toa Baja^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apostol de Toa Baja	April 17, 1975 (#75002135)	47 Las Flores Street 18°26′33″N 66°15′18″W	Toa Baja Pueblo	Historic parish church known for its unusual layout, facing La Plata River rather than the town square. Visited by Fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra in 1775.^[9]
3	San Juan National Historic Site	San Juan National Historic Site More images	October 15, 1966 (#66000930)	Isla de Cabras^{[lower-alpha 5]} 18°27′59″N 66°08′11″W	Palo Seco	The Fortín San Juan de la Cruz unit, a Spanish fort from 1630 built at Isla de Cabras across from El Morro at the entrance to the San Juan Bay.
4	Santa Elena Hacienda	Santa Elena Hacienda More images	September 24, 1992 (#83004662)	North of the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 165 18°25′50″N 66°15′28″W	Media Luna	A now ruined 500-acre sugarcane plantation and industrial complex from 1790 located in the Toa Valley, one of the earliest Spanish-developed agricultural regions in Puerto Rico and important in the historical establishment of rum and molasses production in the island.

^[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[3]	Location	Barrio	Description
1	Casa Alonso	Casa Alonso	December 13, 1996 (#96001491)	34 Betances Avenue 18°26′39″N 66°23′11″W	Vega Baja Pueblo	Spanish Colonial residence and historic house museum associated with families related to the local sugarcane industry. Now part of the municipally owned Museum of Art, History and Culture.
2	Church Santa María del Rosario of Vega Baja	Church Santa María del Rosario of Vega Baja More images	September 18, 1984 (#84003133)	Town Plaza 18°26′40″N 66°23′12″W	Vega Baja Pueblo	Historic parish church from 1860. Part of the Historic Churches of Puerto Rico TR.
3	Panteón Otero-Martínez	Upload image	July 30, 1984 (#84003135)	Old Vega Baja Cemetery, Highway 670 18°26′41″N 66°23′35″W	Algarrobo	A Classical Revival mausoleum from 1886 located in the Old Vega Baja Cemetery.
4	Paso del Indio Site	Upload image	July 25, 2007 (#07000583)	Address restricted^[10]	Address restricted^[10]	One of the largest and deepest stratified multi-component prehistoric occupation archeological sites in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.