Delerme-Anduze House Explained

Delerme--Anduze House
Location:361 Antonio Mellado Street 355 Antonio Mellado Street Isabel Segunda, Vieques, Puerto Rico
Built:1850
Architecture:Vernacular architecture
Added:February 2, 1994
Refnum:93001556
Designated Other1 Name:Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. fa7070
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Number:2000-(RE)-18-JP-SH
Designated Other1 Abbr:RNSZH
Designated Other1 Date:May 16, 2001

The Delerme-Anduze House (Spanish: Casa Delerme-Anduze), also known as the Rosendo Delerme House (Casa Rosendo Delerme),[1] is a historic Spanish Creole vernacular house located in Isabel Segunda, the largest and main administrative and historic settlement of the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico.[2] The house was built following the gallery-type French Caribbean vernacular tradition (known as Louisiana-style in the United States) during the 1850s by Augusto Neré Delerme, a wealthy French immigrant from Guadeloupe. He was also the owner of another historic house located nearby. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 as it is described as the finest example of French Creole house in Vieques and one of the few of its type remaining anywhere in the United States.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Santiago . Héctor . September 30, 1992 . NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM . npgallery.nps.gov.
  2. Web site: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE . NATIONAL REGISTER DIGITAL ASSETS . 1994 . Delerme--Anduze House . npgallery.nps.gov.