Calle Méndez Vigo (Mayagüez)

Lower End of the Calle de Mendez-Vigo (c. 1907)

Calle Mendez Vigo, circa 1910

Calle Méndez Vigo (Mendez Vigo Street) is a major thoroughfare in the western Puerto Rico municipality of Mayagüez with a length of about 1.22 miles (2 km). The street is oriented east–west with traffic running one-way westbound with the number of lanes going from one to two after the road passes Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances (formerly Post Street) in downtown Mayagüez.^[1] Some of the most important historical places in Mayagüez are located on this street:

E. Franco & Co (the house of the "Brazo Gitano Franco")
Escuela
Iglesia Católica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Edificio Darlington
, Casa Gómez
Antiguo Hospital Ramírez
Casa Casals-Defilló
Edificio Westernbank
Iglesia Central Presbiteriana
Edificio la Palma
Edificio La Bolsa
Panadería y Repostería Ricomini
Municipal Historical Archives (Teatro Riera)
Teatro Balboa

History of the name[]

The street is named after Spanish General Santiago de Méndez Vigo, who was Governor of Puerto Rico during the early 1840s.^[2] The Great Fire of 1841 on January 30 destroyed much of the Villa; of the 700 houses in Mayagüez, only 40 remained. Governor Santiago Méndez Vigo was informed and he immediately headed towards Mayagüez on horseback with a few of his assistants.^[3] The governor brings with him 20,000 pesos in silver coins to help the victims of the fire.^[3] The Villa of Mayagüez in a gratefulness to the Governor changes the name of the main street to Méndez Vigo. Before the street was called Calle Comercio (Commerce Street).^[4]

References[]

^ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 151.
^ "Governantes de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). Link to Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
^ ^a ^b "Mayagüez; Notas para su Historia"; by Silvia Aguilo Ramos (Author); Page: 76; Publisher: Model Offset Printing, San Juan (1984); Language: Spanish
^ Ricardo Rosas, Jr., "Fuegos Ocurridos en Mayagüez", Anuario de Las Fiestas Patronales, 1958

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[DTOP_Transit_Data-1] "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 151.

[Link-2] "Governantes de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). Link to Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-19.

[motas-3] "Mayagüez; Notas para su Historia"; by Silvia Aguilo Ramos (Author); Page: 76; Publisher: Model Offset Printing, San Juan (1984); Language: Spanish

[4] Ricardo Rosas, Jr., "Fuegos Ocurridos en Mayagüez", Anuario de Las Fiestas Patronales, 1958

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Calle Méndez Vigo (Mayagüez)

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