Filardi House

The Filardi House (Spanish: Casa Filardi), also known as Casa Muñoz (English: Muñoz House), is a historic house with ground-level commercial space in Yauco, Puerto Rico. It is notable for the extensive use of concrete sculptural ornamentation on its facade. Italian immigrant Vicente Filardi, a contractor with business in Ponce and Yauco, designed and built the house in 1916 with his sons Juan Bautista and Domingo. The younger Filardis were responsible for the integration of the elaborate decorative features with the overall Beaux-Arts plan, and later came to be recognized as experts in production of ornamental elements of cast concrete.[1]

Filardi House
The Filardi House in 2017
Location of Yauco and the Filardi House in Puerto Rico
LocationJunction of Calle 25 de Julio and Calle Baldorioty
Yauco, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°02′00″N 66°51′00″W
Area225 m2 (2,420 sq ft)[1]
Built1916
ArchitectVicente Filardi Ponzi, Juan Bautista Filardi Cantizani, Domingo Filardi Cantizani
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.85000116[2]
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 1985

The house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[3]

See also

References
  1. Torres, Jerry; Morales, Armando (August 1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination: Filardi House / (PDF), retrieved March 20, 2016 With six photos.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. National Park Service (January 25, 1985), Weekly announcement of National Register of Historic Places actions (PDF), p. 9, retrieved March 21, 2016.
  • Summary sheet from the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office (in Spanish)
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