Parque de Bombas

The Parque de Bombas (English: firehouse[a]) is a historic former fire station in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

"[1] The Parque de Bombas is located at the Plaza Las Delicias town square, directly behind Ponce Cathedral.

[4] The Madrid-based central government assigned the task of designing and constructing it to a Spanish Army officer, Lt.

In 1920, the building was used briefly as the Mayor's office as a result of the 1918 San Fermín earthquake that affected the city during that year.

[10] The Fireman's Band, originally played weekly concerts from an open second floor stage attached to Parque de Bombas.

[15] The building is located in the city's central "Las Delicias Plaza" and it is attached to the Cathedral of Ponce at its rear boundary.

An elegant central two-sided stairway with elaborated cast iron railing leads to a mezzanine area used as administrative offices.

[15] Meana designed the building with a strong Moorish influence, including its basic rectangular plan with towers at its front corners, its ornate façade, its long and narrow windows with fans at its top and its bright colored paint scheme.

[17] Ponce's central fire station is now located 1 km east of Parque de Bombas on Miguel Pou Boulevard.

[18] The firehouse is featured on the front cover of La Sonora Ponceña's LP salsa album titled "Fuego en el 23!".

Parque de Bombas in August 1977
Front view of the firehouse