Mayagüez City Hall
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The Casa Consistorial De Mayaguez or as it is more commonly known Alcaldia de Mayagüez is the City Hall
for the Municipality of Mayagüez
. It is located in front of the Colón Main Square
facing the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Cathedral.
. The original building housed the municipal offices, a jail, a telegraph station and the guard corps. The current city hall was built in the year 1926. Its main entrance emphasizes itself with an imposing portico
, and a tower with a clock. Its beautiful facade is of the neoclassical
style, worthy to observe for its Corinthian capitals and its grecoroman columns. The architect was Carmoega and the Ing. Font Jiménez, it was built by Ignacio Flowers Lorenzo; and Adriano González was the contractor of the work The Mayor that ordered the new city hall was Juan Rullán Rivera
. It has great interior space. It is prodigal the height of its ceilings and the amplitude of the stairs that facilitate the double traffic. The parlors, rooms, offices and other services are benefited of the high dimension, environmental clarity and proliferation of vain.
City hall
In local government, a city hall, town hall or a municipal building or civic centre, is the chief administrative building of a city...
for the Municipality of Mayagüez
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"...
. It is located in front of the Colón Main Square
Plaza Colón
Plaza Colón is the main plaza in the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. This plaza and its fountain commemorate the explorer Christopher Columbus, whose name in Spanish was Cristóbal Colón...
facing the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Cathedral.
History
The first building was built in the 1845 and was destroyed by the earthquake of 19181918 Puerto Rico earthquake
The San Fermín earthquake, also known as the Puerto Rico earthquake of 1918, was a major earthquake that struck the island of Puerto Rico at 10:14am on October 11, 1918. The magnitude for the earthquake has been reported at around 7.5 ; however, that might not be an exact number...
. The original building housed the municipal offices, a jail, a telegraph station and the guard corps. The current city hall was built in the year 1926. Its main entrance emphasizes itself with an imposing portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...
, and a tower with a clock. Its beautiful facade is of the neoclassical
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
style, worthy to observe for its Corinthian capitals and its grecoroman columns. The architect was Carmoega and the Ing. Font Jiménez, it was built by Ignacio Flowers Lorenzo; and Adriano González was the contractor of the work The Mayor that ordered the new city hall was Juan Rullán Rivera
Juan Rullán Rivera
Juan Rullán Rivera was Puerto Rican politician who served as the Mayor of the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Juan Rullán was born on November 19, 1884 in the Juan Alonso Barrio of Mayagüez; his parents were Juan Rullán and Ramona Rivera...
. It has great interior space. It is prodigal the height of its ceilings and the amplitude of the stairs that facilitate the double traffic. The parlors, rooms, offices and other services are benefited of the high dimension, environmental clarity and proliferation of vain.