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'''Casillas de Camineros'''<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=64500544}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Luis F. Pumarada O'Neill |date= July 31, 1994|accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref> is the name in Spanish given to structures built every 6 kilometers during the latter part of the 19th century alongside the major roads built in [[Puerto Rico]] and provided as residences to the "camineros", specially-trained government workers charged with providing maintenance to the surface of approximately six kilometers of a major road.
'''Casillas de Camineros'''<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=64500544}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Luis F. Pumarada O'Neill |date= July 31, 1994|accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref> is the name in Spanish given to structures built every 6 kilometers during the latter part of the 19th century alongside the major roads built in [[Puerto Rico]] and provided as residences to the "camineros", specially-trained government workers charged with providing maintenance to the surface of approximately six kilometers of a major road.


These Casillas de Camineros were built along five major routes: (1) the Mayagüez-Añasco road, (2) the Mayagüez-San Germán road, (3) the [[Puerto Rico Highway 123|Ponce-Adjuntas road]], (4) the [[Puerto Rico Highway 1|Ponce-San Juan road]], and (5) the Bayamón-Toa Baja road.<ref>[http://edicionesdigitales.info/CasillasPR/CasillasPR/Casillas.html ''Las Casillas.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217012008/http://edicionesdigitales.info/CasillasPR/CasillasPR/Casillas.html |date=17 February 2018 }} José A. Mari Mut. edicionesdigitales.com 2009-2013. Accessed 1 April 2018.</ref> Forty-seven casillas were built, all by the Spanish government in Puerto Rico.<ref>[http://edicionesdigitales.info/CasillasPR/CasillasPR/Welcome.html ''Nuestras Casillas de Camineros.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318231311/http://edicionesdigitales.info/CasillasPR/CasillasPR/Welcome.html |date=18 March 2018 }} José A. Mari Mut. edicionesdigitales.com 2009-2013. Accessed 1 April 2018.</ref> The road with the largest number of ''casillas'' was the Ponce-San Juan road, then known as "[[Carretera Central (Puerto Rico)|Carretera Central]]"; it had 33 ''casillas''. The ''casilla'' on [[Puerto Rico Highway 14|Avenida Tito Castro]] in Ponce was designed by Manuel Maese and built by Eduardo Armstrong in 1886.<ref>[http://edicionesdigitales.info/carrcentral/carrcentral.pdf ''De San Juan a Ponce por la Carretera Central.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930181122/http://edicionesdigitales.info/carrcentral/carrcentral.pdf |date=30 September 2020 }} Jose A. Mari Mut. Copyright 2011-2013. p. 121. Accessed 8 February 2018.</ref>
These Casillas de Camineros were built along five major routes: (1) the Mayagüez-Añasco road, (2) the Mayagüez-San Germán road, (3) the [[Puerto Rico Highway 123|Ponce-Adjuntas road]], (4) the [[Puerto Rico Highway 1|Ponce-San Juan road]], and (5) the [[Puerto Rico Highway 2|Bayamón-Toa Baja road]].<ref>[http://edicionesdigitales.info/CasillasPR/CasillasPR/Casillas.html ''Las Casillas.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217012008/http://edicionesdigitales.info/CasillasPR/CasillasPR/Casillas.html |date=17 February 2018 }} José A. Mari Mut. edicionesdigitales.com 2009-2013. Accessed 1 April 2018.</ref> Forty-seven casillas were built, all by the Spanish government in Puerto Rico.<ref>[http://edicionesdigitales.info/CasillasPR/CasillasPR/Welcome.html ''Nuestras Casillas de Camineros.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318231311/http://edicionesdigitales.info/CasillasPR/CasillasPR/Welcome.html |date=18 March 2018 }} José A. Mari Mut. edicionesdigitales.com 2009-2013. Accessed 1 April 2018.</ref> The road with the largest number of ''casillas'' was the Ponce-San Juan road, then known as "[[Carretera Central (Puerto Rico)|Carretera Central]]"; it had 33 ''casillas''. The ''casilla'' on [[Puerto Rico Highway 14|Avenida Tito Castro]] in Ponce was designed by Manuel Maese and built by Eduardo Armstrong in 1886.<ref>[http://edicionesdigitales.info/carrcentral/carrcentral.pdf ''De San Juan a Ponce por la Carretera Central.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930181122/http://edicionesdigitales.info/carrcentral/carrcentral.pdf |date=30 September 2020 }} Jose A. Mari Mut. Copyright 2011-2013. p. 121. Accessed 8 February 2018.</ref>


Abandoned in the latter part of the 20th century, the structures have faced different fates. Many of them have deteriorated or been demolished. Others have been put to other uses.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.edicionesdigitales.info/biblioteca/pumarada.pdf |title=La carretera central: un viaje escenico a la historia de Puerto Rico |last1=Pumarada O'Neill |first1=Luis |last2=Castro Arroyo |first2=Maria de los Angeles |date=September 1997 |publisher=Oficina Estatal de Preservación Histórica de Puerto Rico |page=6 |access-date=7 December 2022 |isbn=0965001121 |language=es |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510065127/http://www.edicionesdigitales.info/biblioteca/pumarada.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Abandoned in the latter part of the 20th century, the structures have faced different fates. Many of them have deteriorated or been demolished. Others have been put to other uses.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.edicionesdigitales.info/biblioteca/pumarada.pdf |title=La carretera central: un viaje escenico a la historia de Puerto Rico |last1=Pumarada O'Neill |first1=Luis |last2=Castro Arroyo |first2=Maria de los Angeles |date=September 1997 |publisher=Oficina Estatal de Preservación Histórica de Puerto Rico |page=6 |access-date=7 December 2022 |isbn=0965001121 |language=es |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510065127/http://www.edicionesdigitales.info/biblioteca/pumarada.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Crónica de la guerra hispano-americana en Puerto Rico (page 318 crop).jpg|{{lang|es|Casilla}} with windows on all four sides
Crónica de la guerra hispano-americana en Puerto Rico (page 318 crop).jpg|{{lang|es|Casilla}} with windows on all four sides


Carretera PR-1, Caguas, Puerto Rico (3).jpg|{{lang|es|Casilla}} on [[Puerto Rico Highway 1|PR-1]] in [[Caguas, Puerto Rico|Caguas]]
Carretera PR-1, Caguas, Puerto Rico (3).jpg|{{lang|es|Casilla}} on PR-1 in [[Caguas, Puerto Rico|Caguas]]


Casilla del peón caminero, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.jpg|{{lang|es|Casilla}} on [[Puerto Rico Highway 2|PR-2]] in [[Toa Baja, Puerto Rico|Toa Baja]]
Casilla del peón caminero, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.jpg|{{lang|es|Casilla}} on PR-2 in [[Toa Baja, Puerto Rico|Toa Baja]]
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Revision as of 03:56, 29 January 2024

A former Casilla de Caminero on PR-14 (now Ave. Tito Castro) in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was designed by Manuel Maese and built by Eduardo Armstrong in 1886.

Casillas de Camineros[1] is the name in Spanish given to structures built every 6 kilometers during the latter part of the 19th century alongside the major roads built in Puerto Rico and provided as residences to the "camineros", specially-trained government workers charged with providing maintenance to the surface of approximately six kilometers of a major road.

These Casillas de Camineros were built along five major routes: (1) the Mayagüez-Añasco road, (2) the Mayagüez-San Germán road, (3) the Ponce-Adjuntas road, (4) the Ponce-San Juan road, and (5) the Bayamón-Toa Baja road.[2] Forty-seven casillas were built, all by the Spanish government in Puerto Rico.[3] The road with the largest number of casillas was the Ponce-San Juan road, then known as "Carretera Central"; it had 33 casillas. The casilla on Avenida Tito Castro in Ponce was designed by Manuel Maese and built by Eduardo Armstrong in 1886.[4]

Abandoned in the latter part of the 20th century, the structures have faced different fates. Many of them have deteriorated or been demolished. Others have been put to other uses.[5]

  • Casilla # 10 during the Spanish-American War in 1898
    Casilla # 10 during the Spanish-American War in 1898
  • Casilla with windows on all four sides
    Casilla with windows on all four sides
  • Casilla on PR-1 in Caguas
    Casilla on PR-1 in Caguas
  • Casilla on PR-2 in Toa Baja
    Casilla on PR-2 in Toa Baja

References

  1. ^ Luis F. Pumarada O'Neill (31 July 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Bridges of Puerto Rico". National Park Service. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ^ Las Casillas. Archived 17 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine José A. Mari Mut. edicionesdigitales.com 2009-2013. Accessed 1 April 2018.
  3. ^ Nuestras Casillas de Camineros. Archived 18 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine José A. Mari Mut. edicionesdigitales.com 2009-2013. Accessed 1 April 2018.
  4. ^ De San Juan a Ponce por la Carretera Central. Archived 30 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine Jose A. Mari Mut. Copyright 2011-2013. p. 121. Accessed 8 February 2018.
  5. ^ Pumarada O'Neill, Luis; Castro Arroyo, Maria de los Angeles (September 1997). La carretera central: un viaje escenico a la historia de Puerto Rico (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Estatal de Preservación Histórica de Puerto Rico. p. 6. ISBN 0965001121. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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