French Beaux-Arts · 19th century · Built ~1908
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This grand public building displays hallmark Beaux-Arts characteristics including a rusticated base, arched windows with elaborate sculptural keystones and cartouches, and a strongly articulated cornice with balustrades and ocular windows. The facade is organized into clearly defined horizontal zones with pilasters and engaged columns providing vertical rhythm across its monumental length. Rich ornamental detailing, including figurative relief sculpture and decorative ironwork balconies, reflects the opulent academic classicism favored for civic institutions in late 19th and early 20th century Latin America.
