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Casa de la Diosa Mita

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Casa de la Diosa Mita 2 Arecibo Puerto Rico
Casa de la Diosa Mita 2 Arecibo Puerto Rico

The Casa de la Diosa Mita (in English, the House of the Goddess Mita) was a house located in Arecibo barrio-pueblo in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The house itself is unique because of its Beaux-Arts architectural design, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 1988. The NRHP registration form states that in the future the NRHP record should be updated to reflect its significance because of who lived there. A self-professed goddess lived there. When she was living in this house in 1940, Juanita "Mita" García Peraza declared herself to be God and began the Mita Congregation, which continues to this day with its headquarters in Puerto Rico and chapters in the United States, Canada, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, El Salvador, Spain and the Dominican Republic. By 2017 the house was in ruins and what remains is a shell of the structure.

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Casa de la Diosa Mita
Calle Manuel Fernández Juncos, Arecibo

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Calle Manuel Fernández Juncos 201
00612 Arecibo (Barrio Pueblo)
Puerto Rico, United States
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Gonzalo Marín 61
Gonzalo Marín 61

Gonzalo Marín 61 (also known as the Abreu Residence) is a historic building located in the historic and administrative center of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on October 19, 1986. Although an exact date of construction cannot be determined, based on historic photographs of the area, it can be said that the structure already existed on this lot by 1860. The historic building is currently abandoned. The Abreu Residence is a two-story, masonry and wood, commercial and residential building on the south side of Gonzalo Marin Street, in the historic center of Arecibo. The base level is of stuccoed load-bearing masonry and the main, upped floor is of timber and clapboard construction. The composition consists of four bays, spaced evenly and symmetrically at both the ground and upper stories. At the commercial base level, two central rectangular entrance bays are flanked by smaller, square window openings. Each opening is articulated by heavy, planar, masonry surrounds. Bay number two contains original, wooden, double doors with glass transoms, but bay number 3 has been altered to house aluminum and glass commercial doors. A planar pilaster strip frames the east and west extremes of the ground-floor. A continuous base mold and a simple cornice delineate the lower and upper limits of the masonry base-story, respectively.Although there is no documentation as to the original appearance of the house, it can be assumed from the prototype that the facade remains true to the original form and that an original, ceramics tile roof was replaced by metallic sheets during the early twentieth century. Traces of the ceramic tile are visible from the interior, above the timber construction.