Iglesia San Ramón Nonato
Church San Juan Bautista y San Ramón Nonato of Juana Diaz[a] | |
![]() The church in 2017 | |
Location | Town Plaza Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico |
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Coordinates | 18°03′10″N 66°30′19″W / 18.052897°N 66.505350°WCoordinates: 18°03′10″N 66°30′19″W / 18.052897°N 66.505350°W |
Built | 1807[b] |
Architectural style | Baroque |
MPS | Historic Churches of Puerto Rico TR[2] |
NRHP reference No. | 84000465 |
Added to NRHP | December 10, 1984 |
The Iglesia San Ramón Nonato (English: Church of Saint Raymond Nonnatus), in some sources also referred to as Iglesia San Juan Bautista y San Ramón Nonato (English: Church of Saints John the Baptist and Raymond Nonnatus), is a Roman Catholic parish church in the town plaza of Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico.
History
The parish was erected in 1798.[3] The Baroque church building was built of plastered masonry starting in 1807[b] and underwent significant repairs over the years, including after the 1867 earthquake and during a 1970 project that included removal and replacement of the original roof. Nevertheless, the building retains most of its original design, construction, and materials, including masonry walls, towers, sacristies, interior arcades, dome, and wooden spiral stairway in the south tower. The church's placement in the town plaza and close to the town hall reflect the Crown-mandated urban design principles of the early 19th century. Important artworks in the church include wooden carvings of Saint John and the Sorrowful Mother, as well as a painting of the Crucifixion that may be the work of José Campeche.[1][4]
The church building was entered on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[2]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponce
Notes
- ^ The church's name is presented here without the accent on "Díaz" in conformance with the usage in the house's National Register nomination form.[1] and announcement of listing[2] The latter source additionally omits the accent from "Ramón", which is retained here.
- ^ a b Construction began in 1807. A completion date is not stated in the available sources. Major elements (the north tower) were added possibly as late as 1895.
References
- ^ a b Gómez, Marisa; Cardona, Ester (July 1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Church San Juan Bautista y San Ramón Nonato of Juana Diaz (PDF), retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ a b c National Park Service (December 21, 1984), Weekly announcement of National Register of Historic Places actions (PDF), p. 179, retrieved February 13, 2016.
- ^ Diocese of Ponce (n.d.), Parroquias por orden cronológico de erección [Parishes in Chronological Order of Erection] (in Spanish), archived from the original on June 8, 2017, retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office (April 1, 2014), Iglesia San Juan Batista y San Ramón Nonato (PDF) (summary sheet) (in Spanish), archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2017, retrieved June 8, 2017.
External links
- Summary sheet from the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office (in Spanish)
- National Register of Historic Places photographic file
- Historic Churches of Puerto Rico TR, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation
- CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
- Articles with short description
- Coordinates not on Wikidata
- NRHP infobox with nocat
- Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text
- Articles with Spanish-language sources (es)
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
- Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
- 1798 establishments in Puerto Rico
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1807
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
- Spanish Colonial architecture in Puerto Rico
- Baroque Revival architecture in the United States
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