Edificio Victory Garden


Edificio Victory Garden
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	1001 Ponce de Leon Ave., corner of Elisa Colberg St., San Juan, Puerto Rico
Built	1936
Architect	Pedro De Castro
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Revival
NRHP Reference #	04001149^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 13, 2004

Edificio Victory Garden is a four-story apartment house that faces on Ponce de Leon Avenue and Elisa Colberg Street in the Miramar district of Santurce, Puerto Rico. It was deemed notable as "one of Puerto Rico's finest examples of Spanish Revival apartment houses from the early 20th century."

The building was designed by Pedro Adolfo de Castro y Besosa (January 5, 1895-October, 1936), the first United States university-trained Puerto Rican architect.^:16 He designed 33 or more apartment houses during 1929-1936. Rafael Carmoega emerged to higher prominence only after de Castro's early death, at age 41.^:17

Although it appears massive, the building's footprint only uses up 30 percent of the lot's area. It is U-shaped with a courtyard not visible from the corner of the streets.^[2]

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Irma Iranzo Berrocal and Santiago Gala (March 31, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Edificio Victory Garden" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-29. with seven photos from 1993

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