Edificio Empresas Ferré

Edificio Empresas Ferré (Spanish for 'Ferré Enterprises building'), today known as the Centros Sor Isolina Ferré Building, is a historic mid 20th-century International-style building located in the Ponce Playa area in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico.^[1] It was designed by architect Robert M. Little as both workshop facilities and the administrative offices of Ferré Enterprises (Empresas Ferré),^[2] founded by Luis A. Ferré and the parent company of enterprises such as Ponce Cement and Puerto Rico Iron Works that boomed during the rapid industrialization period of Operation Bootstrap (Operación Manos a la Obra) in the aftermath of World War II.^[3]

Edificio Empresas Ferré
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Building entrance in 2010.
Location	834 Eugenio María de Hostos Avenue Ponce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates	17°58′54″N 66°37′12″W
Built	1953
Architect	Robert M. Little
Architectural style	International
NRHP reference No.	13000638
Added to NRHP	August 27, 2013

The building also hosts La Fundición, a mural painted by famed muralist Rafael Ríos Rey in 1953. Both the building and the mural were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 due to their architectural, artistic and historic significance. Edificio Empresas Ferré today hosts the Trinity College of Puerto Rico.^[2][4]

See also

• Architecture of Puerto Rico
• National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Puerto Rico

References

1. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, NATIONAL REGISTER DIGITAL ASSETS (2013). "Edificio Empresas Ferre". npgallery.nps.gov.
2. Llanes Santos, Juan (June 19, 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". npgallery.nps.gov.
3. "Operation Bootstrap". lcw.lehman.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
4. "Trinity College of Puerto Rico | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2023-09-02.