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De Luxe Florida

Coordinates: 18°27′35″N 66°15′42″W / 18.45972°N 66.26167°W / 18.45972; -66.26167 (De Luxe Florida)
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De Luxe Florida
De Luxe Caribe 2017
De Luxe Florida is located in Puerto Rico
De Luxe Florida
LocationHighway 642, km 11.1 Florida, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°27′35″N 66°15′42″W / 18.45972°N 66.26167°W / 18.45972; -66.26167 (De Luxe Florida)
Built1958
ArchitectRené O. Ramírez
Architectural styleModernist
NRHP reference No.12000935
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 2012

De Luxe Florida Manufacturing Plant (Spanish: Fábrica de Fomento De Luxe Florida), also known as the De Luxe Caribe Inc. Building (Edificio De Luxe Caribe Inc.), is a historic factory building located in Florida, Puerto Rico. The building was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2012 as it is a prime example of the early prototypes for manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico.[1]

The factory consists of plant number T-0472-0-58 and its addition labeled T-0472-0-66, which integrate the best-known and most successful manufacturing plant of the municipality of Florida. This is one of three prototypical buildings at a small-sized industrial park located northeast of town, alongside Road PR-642, Kilometer 11.1. The L-shaped plant was designed by architect René O. Ramírez, one of Puerto Rico's earliest and most decisively Modern architects. Built in steel and concrete, with an A-frame supported above concrete beams and columns, the property embodies key stylistic considerations pertaining to the Modern Movement in architecture. The De Luxe Florida/Caribe still incorporates all key components identifiable with the manufacturing building as originally designed and built.[2]

References

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  1. ^ National Park Service, NPGallery Digital Asset Management System. "De Luxe Florida".
  2. ^ United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF).