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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The main house of the hacienda in 2017
Location of Hacienda Santa Rita in Puerto Rico
Nearest city	Guánica, Puerto Rico
Coordinates	18°00′27″N 66°53′03″W
Built	1800
Architect	Guinonez, Mariano
NRHP reference No.	84003147[1]
Added to NRHP	January 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.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Casa Madre y Noviciado de las Hermanas Dominicas de Fatima". National Park Service. Retrieved January 24, 2017. with nine photos from 1983