Casa Alonso - Wikipedia
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Casa Alonso | |
 Façade of Casa Alonso (2023) | |
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| Location | 34 Betances St., Vega Baja, Puerto Rico |
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| Coordinates | 18°26′46″N 66°23′12″W / 18.44611°N 66.38667°W |
| Architectural style | spanish colonial |
| NRHP reference No. | 96001491[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 13, 1996 |
Casa Alonso is a house museum and cultural center in Vega Baja Pueblo, the historic downtown of the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1] The house is also known as Museo de Arte, Historia y Cultura Casa Alonso, administered by the municipality of Vega Baja.[3]
It is a two-story wood and masonry "neoclassical vernacular style" residence. It was lived in successively by Soliveras, Otero, and Alonso families, of sugar plantation wealth.[2]
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Casa Alonso from José Julián Acosta Street
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Sign for the Museo Casa Alonso in Vega Baja Pueblo.
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Casa Alonso museum dedication plaque.
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Leonardo Santana Rabell, Luis de la Rosa, Hector Abreu, and Karen Gonzalez Jensen (August 5, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Casa Alonso". National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) with four photos from 1995 - ^ "Museo Casa Alonso". Municipio Autónomo de Vega Baja (in Spanish). May 28, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2023.