Museo de la Masacre de Ponce
Museum and historic building in Ponce, Puerto Rico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Museo de la Masacre de Ponce (the Ponce Massacre Museum) is a human rights museum and historic building in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It depicts the history and events surrounding the Ponce massacre, which occurred in broad daylight on Palm Sunday in 1937. The museum is housed inside the building where the event itself occurred, with one of its sections devoted to the Nationalist leader, Pedro Albizu Campos.[1][2] It also documents the blacklisting of Puerto Rican Nationalists performed by the United States, as well as hosting a considerable number of photos from the Nationalist era.[3]
Casa de la Masacre | |
Location | SE corner of Marina and Aurora Streets (32 Marina St.), Ponce, Puerto Rico |
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Coordinates | 18°00′34″N 66°36′49″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1910 |
Architect | Blas Silva |
Architectural style | Ponce Creole |
NRHP reference No. | 05001098 |
Added to NRHP | October 20, 2005 |
The museum is listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in as Casa de la Masacre (the Massacre House).[4]