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Casa Fernando Luis Toro

1927 establishments in Puerto RicoHouses completed in 1927Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto RicoNational Register of Historic Places in Ponce, Puerto RicoNeoclassical architecture in Puerto Rico
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Casa Fernando Luis Toro 1 Ponce Puerto Rico
Casa Fernando Luis Toro 1 Ponce Puerto Rico

Casa Fernando Luis Toro (English: Fernando Luis Toro Home) is a historic house in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The house is unique in that it is located in the first upper-class suburban development built in Puerto Rico, La Alhambra.In 1990 La Alhambra was designed part of Ponce's historic district. The house dates to 1927 and was designed by the famed Puerto Rican architect Francisco Porrata Doria. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 5 March 1986, as Fernando Luis Toro Casa. It is also known as Casa Chavier. The house was sold by its original owners in the early 1970s to Mr. Jorge Chavier and his wife Ms. Hilda de Lis who still occupied the house in 1986.

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Casa Fernando Luis Toro
Avenida Obispado, Ponce Machuelo Abajo (Machuelo Abajo)

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Avenida Obispado 2562
00716 Ponce, Machuelo Abajo (Machuelo Abajo)
Puerto Rico, United States
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