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Caguas City Hall

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The building of a new city hall was part of a project to develop and build more modern office and administrative spaces in the city. Some people, however, have criticized the continuous use of
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in March 22, 1989. This building hosted municipal offices until 2010 when the new city hall building was inaugurated. The building now houses several cultural institutions including a
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in new government buildings. The new city hall building, nicknamed "El Cacique Mayor" (Spanish for '
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City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Caguas, Puerto Rico
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property in Puerto Rico on the National Register of Historic Places
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Rodriguez (September 1987). 334:National Register of Historic Places 244:National Register of Historic Places 709:1850s establishments in Puerto Rico 557:Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School 419:accompanying three photos from 1988 270:The new city hall building in 2017. 729:2010 establishments in Puerto Rico 694:Tourist attractions in Puerto Rico 642:. 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Spanish
downtown area
Caguas, Puerto Rico
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Caguas City Hall is located in Puerto Rico
Caguas, Puerto Rico
18°14′12″N 66°02′11″W / 18.23667°N 66.03639°W / 18.23667; -66.03639 (Alcaldia de Caguas)
88001307
Neoclassical
National Register of Historic Places
museum
history of Caguas

Brutalist architecture
cacique
William Edgardo Miranda Torres
Architecture of Puerto Rico
Caguas, Puerto Rico
Caguas Museum of History
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Antigua Casa Alcaldía de Caguas"
"NPGallery Asset Detail"
"National Register of Historic Places Registration: Alcaldia de Caguas"
National Park Service
accompanying three photos from 1988
"Estrenan nueva Casa Alcaldía en Caguas"
"Inaugura Miranda Torres nueva alcaldía"

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