Superintendent of Lighthouses' Dwelling

The Superintendent of Lighthouses' Dwelling is an early 20th-century hacienda-style building located in the San Juan Coast Guard Station of La Puntilla in the Marina subdistrict (subbarrio) of Old San Juan.[1] Although the exact date of construction is not known, deteriorated plan drawings of the old United States Naval Base that previously occupied the site of the coast guard station show that the building might have been built either in 1903 or 1908 as part of the regional lighthouses' depot. The building and its surroundings were identified as the Lighthouse Reservation at La Puntilla, with one of its earliest occupants, U.S. Lighthouse Superintendent J. P. Dillon signing and approving plan drawings by the Corps of Engineers. Although the architectural style is inspired in Spanish Revival haciendas found in both private and public buildings the United States, the specific "hacienda-style", as described by the U.S. government survey, was not indigenous nor common in Puerto Rico at the time, and the building and surrounding landscape represents the first design of its kind in the island after 1898.[2]

Superintendent of Lighthouses' Dwelling
The building in 1925.
Superintendent of Lighthouses' Dwelling is located in Puerto Rico
Superintendent of Lighthouses' Dwelling
LocationCoast Guard Station San Juan in La Puntilla, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°27′35″N 66°06′59″W / 18.4597837°N 66.1163654°W / 18.4597837; -66.1163654
Built1908
MPSLighthouse System of Puerto Rico TR
NRHP reference No.81000694
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 1981

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  1. ^ National Park Service, NPGallery Digital Asset Management System (1981). "Superintendent of Lighthouses' Dwelling". npgallery.nps.gov.
  2. ^ Nistal-Moret, Benjamín (August 21, 1979). "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY ~ NOMINATION FORM for Superintendent of Lighthouses' Dwelling". npgallery.nps.gov.