Ingenio Azucarero Vives

Ingenio Azucarero Vives
Ingenio Azucarero Vives is located in Puerto Rico
Ingenio Azucarero Vives
LocationAvenida Central, Barrio Machete, Guayama, Puerto Rico
Coordinates17°58′45″N 66°7′3″W / 17.97917°N 66.11750°W / 17.97917; -66.11750
Area5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
NRHP reference No.76002249[1]
RNSZH No.2001-(RS)-23-JP-SH
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 1, 1976
Designated RNSZHMay 16, 2001

The Ingenio Azucarero Vives (English: Vives Sugar Plant), also known as Hacienda Vives, is a historic sugar mill complex with ruins of windmill and a processing building, in Barrio Machete of Guayama, in southern Puerto Rico. Sugarcane was ground by the windmill and the extracted juice was further processed in the processing building, by slaves. A slave uprising occurred here in the early 1800s.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976,[1] and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.[3]

It is believed to have been constructed by 1828.[4]

In 1976, the site was found to be significant as the only example of early industrial architecture and the only windmill in Puerto Rico.[2]

It was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record program, with photographs by Jack Boucher.

  • Mill building ruins
    Mill building ruins
  • Opening in southern wall of mill building ruins
    Opening in southern wall of mill building ruins
  • Interior view of mill building ruins
    Interior view of mill building ruins

Modern photographs show that the complex has been restored.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Antonio E. Colberg (1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ingenio Azucarero Vives / Hacienda Vives". National Park Service. Retrieved July 8, 2016. with ten photos from 1976
  3. ^ GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO, JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO (December 7, 2022). "REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO" (PDF). jp.pr.gov.
  4. ^ EPRL Editorial Group (September 17, 2014). "Ingenio Azucarero Vives, Guayama". Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019.