Yauco Battle Site

Site of the Battle of Yauco in Guánica, Puerto Rico

United States historic place


Yauco Battle Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Part of the Hacienda Desideria, where the Battle of Yauco took place in 1898
18°00′03″N 66°53′16″W / 18.000907°N 66.887886°W / 18.000907; -66.887886
Area	127.013 acres (51.400 ha)
MPS	Spanish–American War in Puerto Rico MPS
NRHP reference No.	00001383^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 2, 2008

The Yauco Battle Site is the site of the Battle of Yauco between Spanish and American forces in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico on July 25 and 26, 1898. It includes agricultural fields plus the main house and a slave building of Hacienda Desideria, a coffee plantation in a small valley about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the town of Guánica, which was headquarters of a Spanish military unit. It was the site of the first major confrontation in the Puerto Rican Campaign of the Spanish–American War.

A 127.013-acre (51.400 ha) area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Non-contributing elements in the listed area include a portion of SR 166R, a 20th-century bridge, and Hacienda Quiñones' main house.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Arleen Pabón; Eduardo Regis; José E. Marull; Hugh Tosteson (August 12, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Yauco Battle Site / Batalla de Yauco, Hacienda Quiñones, Hacienda Desideria, Hacienda Santa Rita" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 13, 2017.