Church San Juan Bautista of Maricao | |
Location: | Baldorioty St., Town Plaza, Maricao, Puerto Rico |
Coordinates: | 18.1809°N -66.9794°W |
Map Label: | Iglesia de San Juan Bautista |
Map Alt: | Locator map |
Built: | 1890–c. 1898 |
Engineer: | Coranado, Jeronimo Jimenez |
Architecture: | Gothic |
Added: | September 18, 1984 |
Refnum: | 84003125 |
Nocat: | yes |
Designated Other1 Name: | Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones |
Designated Other1 Color: |
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Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Designated Other1 Number: | 2000-(RC)-22-JP-SH |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | RNSZH |
Designated Other1 Date: | March 15, 2001 |
The Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (English: Church of Saint John the Baptist) in Maricao, Puerto Rico is a church built during 1890-c.1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.[1]
Its facade, facing onto the plaza of Maricao, is dominated by a three-level square bell tower, whose first level is a portico and which is capped by a pyramidal concrete roof. Its exterior has Gothic-style pointed arches; its interior has more traditional rounded arches. It has a nave and two aisles. The church's original roof was replaced in 1965 by a metal joist structure supporting corrugated asbestos sheets.
It was designed by engineer Jeronimo Jiminez Coranado.[2]
It is one of 31 churches reviewed for listing on the National Register in 1984.[3]