Banco de Ponce (building)
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Banco de Ponce
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The Banco de Ponce building on Plaza Degetau
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 Location of Ponce and the bank building in Puerto Rico
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| Location | Amor and Comercio Sts., Plaza Degetau, Ponce, Puerto Rico |
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| Coordinates | 18°00′40″N 66°36′48″W / 18.011111°N 66.613271°WCoordinates: 18°00′40″N 66°36′48″W / 18.011111°N 66.613271°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architect | Francisco Porrata Doria |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| NRHP Reference # | 87001003 |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 1987 |
The Banco de Ponce building, a historic building in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was the first and main office of Banco de Ponce until the company merged with Banco Popular in 1990. Though its headquarters had moved to a presumptous building in Hato Rey's Milla de Oro by then, Banco de Ponce continued to consider this building its main office, until the company merged with Banco Popular in 1990. The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1987. It was built in 1924.
The building is located facing Plaza Degetau. The large structure occupies a small city block. It is bounded by Mayor, Francisco Parra Duperon (also known as Comercio), Marina, and Amor streets. Amor street was also called Callejon Amor, or Amor Alley; literally, Love Alley. In 1991, Amor street was converted into a promenade and renamed Paseo Antonio Arias Ventura, after the long-time employee of the bank who started as a custodian and rose to become the bank's general manager.
The building's architect was Francisco Porrata Doria.
The Banco de Ponce building is a four-story brick and concrete structure. As it is set in a very narrow triangular lot defined by near-parallel Amor and Comercio Streets, the architect's solution to the lot's footprint geometry was the development of a continuous facade enveloping these two streets and the narrow front to Plaza Las Delicias.
The predominant style is related to the Beaux art neoclassical, with three horizontal bands defining this wraparound facade. The base is made of a pinkish stone extracted from a quarry close to the city. This stone has been commonly used in other Ponce buildings.
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