| Customs House | |
| Coordinates: | 18.2065°N -67.1514°W |
| Location: | Comercio, Candelaria (former McKinley), Manuel Pirallo and Aduana Streets Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
| Built: | 1838 |
| Architect: | Rafael Carmoega |
| Architecture: | Beaux-arts |
| Added: | February 10, 1988 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 88000076 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones |
| Designated Other1 Color: |
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| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 2003-25-(1-9) JP-SH |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | RNSZH |
| Designated Other1 Date: | January 24, 2003 |
The U.S. Customs House or "Edificio Aduana" is a historic custom house building located at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. As of February 10, 1988, the building was owned by the U.S. Customs Service, Washington, D.C.[1]
It was built in 1838 to accommodate and lodge distinguished visitors that reached the port of Mayagüez.[2] In 1898 the building became a custom house.[3] It originally had two floors but the second story was destroyed by the earthquake of 1918.[2] Its present architectonic line is from the year 1924, being the work of engineers Huiguera and Besosa, being its architect Mr. Rafael Carmoega.[2] On September 30, 1981, it was declared a Historical Building of the United States.
The most important construction of the city of Mayagüez in attention to its general aesthetic values it is a beautiful building of "anfipróstilo" (two portals) style.[2] Doric order (capitel) its influence being grecoroman, Tuscan and numbering "octástila" in smooth column (fuste) and "basas áticas".[2] The building is surrounded by arches and semi-pilasters that puts one in contact with a neoclassical style of Roman influence.[2] It exhibits two pediments very sincréticos decorative and balustrades.[2] The structures upper portions are adorned with plates and "dentellones" of baroque influence.[2] Its interior is of great beauty and of a Renaissance aesthetics of the Michelangelo style.[2] The structure is manufactured completely in reinforced concrete and the floors of terrazzo edged with white marble.[2]