Rafael Carmoega

Rafael Carmoega Morales (1894–1968) was a Puerto Rican architect from Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He was the first Puerto Rican to become State Architect, a position within the Department of the Interior which he held from 1921 to 1936. Carmoega was one of the most accomplished Puerto Rican architects of the 20th century. and Dionisio Trigo in Santurce, the General Electric store in San Juan, Colegio San José in Río Piedras and the Casino de Puerto Rico in El Condado.

Buildings

Adjuntas City Hall, Adjunas (1927) Aguadilla District Courthouse, Aguadilla (1925) Antonia Sáez School, Humacao (1922) Capitol of Puerto Rico, San Juan (1929) Casino de Puerto Rico, San Juan (1945, demolished) Daniel Webster School, Peñuelas (1934) del Valle Building, San Juan (1941) El Cortijo, Barranquitas (1939) General Electric Store, San Juan (1937, demolished) Humacao District Courthouse, Humacao (1925) José Fontán School, Morovis (1928) Manatí Market Hall, Manatí (1925) Mayagüez City Hall, Mayagüez (1926) Mercado de las Carnes, Ponce (1926) Old City Hall of Carolina, Carolina (1930) Pueblo del Niño, Dorado (1940, abandoned) School of Tropical Medicine, San Juan (1926) United States Custom House, Mayagüez (1924) University of Puerto Rico Main Campus at Rio Piedras, San Juan (1924, 1935) The Quadrangle Roosevelt Tower Walter McK. Jones School, Villalba (1926)

Death Carmoega died in San Juan in 1968.

Papers The Architecture and Construction Archives at the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR) holds the Rafael Carmoega collection (1837–1969). Approximately 48 cubic feet in size, the collection contains architectural drawings, photographs, artifacts, textual documents, and publications. The Architectural Drawing Series holds 144 projects organized chronologically. The collection was donated by Mrs. Carmoega, widow of Ramírez, Ms. Margarita Higuera and architect Antonio Higuera in 1989.