PR 10, Kilometer 16.8, N of Corral Viejo, Bo. Magueyes, Corral Viejo, Puerto Rico. County/parish: Ponce.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 17, 1994. NRIS 91001499.
10 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 5 contributing structures.Also known as:
Hacienda Buena Vista, also known as Hacienda Vives (or Buena Vista Plantation in English), was a coffee plantation located in Barrio Magueyes, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The original plantation dates from the 19th century. The plantation was started by Don Salvador de Vives in 1833.
The Hacienda is located on 81.79 acres (331,000 m2) of fertile land that includes a humid subtropical forest some 7 miles (11 km) north of Ponce on Route PR-123, in Corral Viejo, a subbarrio of Barrio Magueyes. The plantation house was built in the Spanish Colonial style, with the surrounding buildings being built in the local Criollo style. The original Hacienda covered 482 cuerdas (approx. 468 acres).
It is now owned by the Fideicomiso de Conservación de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Conservation Trust), which operates it as a museum which it opened in 1986.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131518596