Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña
Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña
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 Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña
Location within Puerto Rico
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| Established | 1996 |
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| Location | Calle Reina #106, Northwest corner of Reina and Mendez Vigo streets, Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18°0′44.3298″N 66°36′56.937″W / 18.012313833°N 66.61581583°WCoordinates: 18°0′44.3298″N 66°36′56.937″W / 18.012313833°N 66.61581583°W |
| Type | Museum |
| Owner | State (ICP) |
The Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña (Museum of Ponce Architecture) is an architectural museum housed at the Casa Wiechers-Villaronga, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is preserves the history of the architectural styles of Ponce and Puerto Rico. The Casa Wiechers-Villaronga was acquired and restored by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. The museum is located in the Ponce Historic Zone. The historic house was designed and built in 1912 by Alfredo B. Wiechers. The house that is home to this architecture museum is itself an example of the architectural history of the city. The museum is housed at the historic Casa Wiechers-Villaronga.
In 1912, architect Alfredo B. Wiechers built the Wiechers-Villaronga Residence for his own residence and studio.
From 1911 to 1918, Wiechers was commissioned with various important buildings in Ponce, such as the Logia Aurora, Club Deportivo de Damas, the Teatro Habana, Banco of Ponce building, and Santo Asilo de Damas Hospital among others, where he fully expressed the European Neo-Classical style which he had learned from European training.
In 1919, feeling political persecution from the American invaders, Mr. Wiechers sold the house to Mr. Gabriel Villaronga and moved to his native France. Many generations of Villarongas lived the house through the twentieth century.
In the early 1990s, and in order to establish the Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña, the house was acquired and restored by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP). In 1996, the museum opened as the home of the Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña y Planeacion Urbana (Ponce Architecture and Urban Planning Museum). The goal was to showcase Ponce's rich architectural heritage.
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