Names of places given are as appear in the National Register, reflecting name as given in NRHP application at the date of listing. Note, the National Register name system does not accommodate Spanish á, ñ and other letters.
Also known as the Antiguo Parque de Bombas de Aguas Buenas, a distinctive Art Deco fire station designed by the Deptartment of Public Works of Puerto Rico.
Built by the Spanish administration during 1846–1886 to connect San Juan with Ponce, this was one of the first modern roadways in Puerto Rico and was regarded as one of the finest roads in the Americas for years after its completion. The listed portion of the road, from Caguas to Juana Díaz, includes the exceptionally challenging engineering through the Cordillera Central, 11 major bridges, 14 maintenance workers' houses,[c] and numerous other roadway structures.[10][11]
Historic parish church at the main town square of Aibonito designed by Puerto Rico state architect Pedro Cobreros and built in 1897. Part of the Historic Churches of Puerto Rico MPS.
Well-preserved Beaux Arts-inspired Criollo house designed by Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti and built in 1915 for the Vendrell-Suárez family. Also known as the Ulrich House.
Well-preserved 19th-century middle class criollo residence and birthplace of Luis Muñoz Rivera, important figure in the history of the development Puerto Rico's political autonomy from Spain. Now operated as a house museum by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Archaeological site consisting of ball courts or bateyes with petroglyphs. Many of the objects have been removed by collectors. Part of the Ball Courts/Plaza Sites of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands MPS.
Well-preserved historic Neoclassical city hall built in 1856 at the site of the former regional "casa del rey". Now houses the Caguas Museum of History.
Built by the Spanish administration during 1846–1886 to connect San Juan with Ponce, this was one of the first modern roadways in Puerto Rico and was regarded as one of the finest roads in the Americas for years after its completion. The listed portion of the road, from Caguas to Juana Díaz, includes the exceptionally challenging engineering through the Cordillera Central, 11 major bridges, 14 maintenance workers' houses,[c] and numerous other roadway structures.[10][13]
Built by the Spanish administration during 1846–1886 to connect San Juan with Ponce, this was one of the first modern roadways in Puerto Rico and was regarded as one of the finest roads in the Americas for years after its completion. The listed portion of the road, from Caguas to Juana Díaz, includes the exceptionally challenging engineering through the Cordillera Central, 11 major bridges, 14 maintenance workers' houses,[c] and numerous other roadway structures.[10][13]
Also known as the Juan José Jiménez Bridge. It was the first truss bridge built in Puerto Rico under the administration of the United States (1898–1900) after the Spanish–American War.
Prototypical Modernist factory building. Part of the Early Prototypes for Manufacturing Plants in Puerto Rico, 1948-1958 Multiple Property Submission (MPS).
Built by the Spanish administration during 1846–1886 to connect San Juan with Ponce, this was one of the first modern roadways in Puerto Rico and was regarded as one of the finest roads in the Americas for years after its completion. The listed portion of the road, from Caguas to Juana Díaz, includes the exceptionally challenging engineering through the Cordillera Central, 11 major bridges, 14 maintenance workers' houses,[c] and numerous other roadway structures.[10][13]
Built by the Spanish administration during 1846–1886 to connect San Juan with Ponce, this was one of the first modern roadways in Puerto Rico and was regarded as one of the finest roads in the Americas for years after its completion. The listed portion of the road, from Caguas to Juana Díaz, includes the exceptionally challenging engineering through the Cordillera Central, 11 major bridges, 14 maintenance workers' houses,[c] and numerous other roadway structures.[10][13]
Spanish Neoclassical residential building from 1840, also served as a coffee, tobacco and sugar trade and distribution center. Today it hosts Coamo Historic Museum.
Historic hydroelectric dam from 1906 built along the La Plata River to provide electricity to the San Juan metropolitan area until the 1930s. Popularly known as El Salto dam.
Originally installed in 1881 over the Río de la Plata, this span survived an 1899 hurricane, then was moved and re-installed on new abutments in 1908. As of 1995, it was the oldest bridge truss in Puerto Rico, employing a double pony truss design and unique open-web transverse joists.[15] It was removed in 2001.[16]
An archaeological site consisting of a ceremonial ballcourt known as a batey dating from the Early Ostionoid (pre-Taino) (AD 600–1200) and Late Ostionoid (Taíno) (AD 1200–1500) periods.
One of the best-preserved Spanish Colonial residential buildings in the region. Built in a Canarian vernacular style sometime before 1883 for the Machín family.
Archaeological site consisting of a number of ball courts or bateyes. Also known as the Dance Grounds of the Butterbaughs Estate and as the Vega del Hoyo Site. Part of the Ball Court/Plaza Sites of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands MPS.
One of the best-preserved ballcourt sites in the Caribbean, an archaeoastronomical site consisting of a number of ceremonial courts or bateyes with petroglyph-carved monoliths. Today it also hosts an interpretative park and a museum.
^Several prose sources place the Las Cabañas Bridge in Barrios Capáez and Garzas,[4][5][6] while other, map-based sources show it to be in Barrios Capáez and Juan González.[7][8]
^ abcdeThe listed portion of the Carretera Central extends into Caguas, Cidra, Cayey, Aibonito, Coamo, and Juana Díaz. The roadway route in San Juan and Ponce, as well as a portion in Caguas, was excluded from the National Register listing.
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