Casa Oppenheimer

Casa Oppenheimer
Casa Oppenheimer in 2014
Locator map
Locator map
Location of Ponce and the Casa Oppenheimer in Puerto Rico
LocationCalle Salud No. 47 (NW corner with Calle Aurora), Ponce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°00′34″N 66°36′43″W / 18.009418°N 66.611890°W / 18.009418; -66.611890
Area< 1 acre
Built1913
ArchitectAlfredo B. Wiechers Pieretti
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
NRHP reference No.87001824[1]
Added to NRHP29 October 1987

Casa Oppenheimer (English: Oppenheimer House) is a historic house in Ponce, Puerto Rico, designed in 1913 by famed Puerto Rican architect Alfredo B. Wiechers. The house is unique among other historic structures in historic Ponce for its skillful incorporation of front gardens in a very limited urban space.[2] The historic building is located at 47 Salud Street, in the city's historic district, at the northwest corner of Salud and Aurora streets. The house is also known as Casa del Abogado (House of the Attorney).[3] In April 2019, the house was turned into Casa Mujer by MedCentro, a women's health business concern.[4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ Mariano G. Coronas Castro, Certifying Official; Hector M. Santiago, State Architectural Historian, Puerto Rico Historic Preservation Office. (San Juan, Puerto Rico) 14 August 1987. Oppenheimer House. In, National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. (Washington, D.C.) Page 3. Listing Reference Number 87001824. 29 October 1987.
  3. ^ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, Rafael J. Torres Torres, and Carlos Aneiro Perez. "Otros Puntos de Interes", in Brevario Sobre la Historia de Ponce y Sus Principales Lugares de Interes. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce (Ponce, Puerto Rico). Model Offset Printing. 1991. page 172.
  4. ^ MedCentro y la Primera Dama adelantan Proyecto Casa Mujer. La Perla del Sur. Year 36. Issue 1844, 3 to 9 April 2019. p. 19.