Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Wiechers and the second or maternal family name is Pieretti.

Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti
Born26 March 1881
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died15 July 1964[1]
Barcelona, Spain
Resting placeMontjuïc Cemetery
NationalityPuerto Rican
Alma materÉcole Spéciale d'Architecture
Known forEngineering, Architect
Notable workCasa Serrallés,
Oppenheimer House,
Blasini Residence,
Quinta Vendrell,
Club Deportivo de Ponce,
Logia Aurora,
Club Deportivo de Damas,
Teatro Habana (aka, Teatro Rivoli),
Banco of Ponce,
Hospital Santo Asilo de Damas,
Casa Wiechers-Villaronga,
Monumento a los heroes de El Polvorín
MovementNeoclassical architecture
SpouseCarmen Gilet[2][3]

Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti was a Puerto Rican architect from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was an expositor of the Neoclassicism and Art Nouveau architectural styles, doing most of his work in his hometown of Ponce. Today, Alfredo Wiechers' city residence, located in the Ponce Historic Zone and which he designed himself, is a museum, the Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña. After enriching his hometown city with some of the most architecturally exquisite buildings, he moved to Spain arguing political persecution by the authorities in the Island.

  1. ^ Jorge Rigau. Puerto Rico 1900: Turn-of-the-Century Architecture in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1890-1930. New York: Rizzoli International Publishers. 1992. page 131.
  2. ^ La Casa de la Calle Reina. Revista "Hola Puerto Rico" (magazine). Retrieved 15 November 2010. Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ La Casa de la Calle Reina. Revista "Hola Puerto Rico" (magazine). Retrieved 15 November 2010. Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine