Hacienda Santa Rita

Hacienda Santa Rita is located in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico. It is also known as Casa Madre y Noviciado de las Hermanas Dominicas de Fatima and was built in 1800 by Don Mariano Quiñonez.[2]

Hacienda Santa Rita
The main house of the hacienda in 2017
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Location of Hacienda Santa Rita in Puerto Rico
Nearest cityGuánica, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°00′27″N 66°53′03″W
Built1800
ArchitectGuinonez, Mariano
Part ofYauco Battle Site
NRHP reference No.84003147[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 5, 1984

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

It consists of buildings of a former sugar plantation, Hacienda Desideria, including a main house and slave quarters.[2]

During the Spanish–American War in 1898 the building was used by the Spanish military and then by the Americans. Generals Guy Vernor Henry[note 1] and A. Garreston stayed at the house.[2]

From 1953 on it was used by, and from 1962 owned by, the Dominican Order of Our Lady of Fatima. The main house has been used as a convent and novice house.[2]

Notes

  1. The reference states General Guy B. Henry stayed there. Assuming that is a typo, it was presumably Guy Vernor Henry, who soon became Governor of Puerto Rico.

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