page_title: Antiguo Casino de Ponce
section_title: Embellishments
hierarchical_section_title: Antiguo Casino de Ponce / Physical appearance / Embellishments
caption_attribution_description: English: Placa en la pared exterior norte del Casino de Ponce, reconstruido bajo el Proyecto Ponce en Marcha, Bo. Cuarto, Ponce, PR, foto tomada mirando hacia el sur (DSC00173B)
context_page_description: The Antiguo Casino de Ponce, or simply the Casino de Ponce, is a historic structure, built in 1922 and located in Barrio Cuarto, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Originally built as a social club for Ponce's elite, it is currently used as the premier reception center of "The Noble City of Puerto Rico". The building, designed by Agustin Camilo Gonzalez in the Second Empire and Neo-Rococo styles, has a French facade and tones. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 28 October 1987. It is located at the corner of Marina and Luna streets. The building has been called "an icon of Ponce's architecture, history, and identity." It is owned and administered by the Ponce Municipal Government. In 1936, during the Great Depression, the Casino declared bankruptcy and shut down. It subsequently had various uses: a postal office, a public health unit, tax collector's office, and even a temporary city hall. In 1990 it was restored by the Ponce Municipal Government, and has since been used for high-ranking official municipal business. For example, it was here where the dinner to honor Prince of Asturias, His Majesty Felipe de Borbon, took place.
context_section_description: The entire composition is crowned by a cornice which follows the modulation of the facade. A balustered parapet above the cornice completes the composition. In addition, broken-scroll pediments above the parapet accentuate the composition's rhythm at the central bay of the west facade, the extreme bays of both facades, and the corner chamfer. A "mission-tile" mansard roof completes the composition and accentuates the French influences of the design.
caption: Plaque honoring Mayor Cordero Santiago for the restoration of Casino de Ponce, under the project "Ponce en Marcha".
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