Casa Agostini Explained

Casa Agostini
Location:Dr. Gatell Street, between Santiago Vivaldi and Comercio Streets, Calle San Rafael, Yauco, Puerto Rico
Architect:Pinti, Miguel Briganti
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:June 9, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88000682
Designated Other1 Name:Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. fa7070
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Number:2001-(RS)-23-JP-SH
Designated Other1 Abbr:RNSZH
Designated Other1 Date:May 16, 2001

The Casa Agostini, in Yauco, Puerto Rico, is a Classical Revival house designed by Miguel Briganti Pinti. It was built in the early 1800s and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.[1]

It is a two-story stuccoed masonry commercial and residential building that is L-shaped in plan. Its 30m (100feet) main facade has eight bays.[2]

It served as a coffee warehouse and processing plant, as well as a residence and was built for Corsican immigrant Jose Maria Agostini Santini.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO . JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO . December 7, 2022 . REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO . jp.pr.gov.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88000682}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Casa Agostini]. National Park Service. Felix J. del Campo . April 8, 1988 . April 25, 2017 . With .