Blas C. Silva Boucher

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Silva and the second or maternal family name is Boucher.
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Blas C. Silva Boucher, circa 1909
Born
Blas C. Silva Boucher

2 February 1869 (1869-02-02)[1]
Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
Died27 January 1949(1949-01-27) (aged 79)[1]
Ponce, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Alma materSpanish National Engineering School
Known forEngineering
Notable workFont-Ubides House,
Subira Residence,
Salazar-Candal House
MovementPonce Creole architecture

Blas C. Silva Boucher (2 February 1869 - 27 January 1949) was a twentieth-century Puerto Rican engineer from Ponce, Puerto Rico.[1] He is credited with the creation of the Ponce Creole architectural style, even though he was trained as an engineer, not a designer.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Documentacion/Investigacion: BSi: Colección Blas Silva". University of Puerto Rico. School of Architecture. 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  2. ^ Jorge Rigau. Puerto Rico 1900: Turn-of-the-Century Architecture in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1890-1930. New York: Rizzoli International Publishers. 1992. page 126.