As of February 10, 1988, the building was owned by the U.S. Customs Service, Washington, D.C.[2] It was built in 1838 to accommodate and lodge distinguished visitors that reached the port of Mayagüez.

[3] Its present architectonic line is from the year 1924, being the work of engineers Huiguera and Besosa, being its architect Mr. Rafael Carmoega.

The most important construction of the city of Mayagüez in attention to its general aesthetic values it is a beautiful building of "anfipróstilo" (two portals) style.

[3] Doric order (capitel) its influence being grecoroman, Tuscan and numbering "octástila" in smooth column (fuste) and "basas áticas".

[3] The building is surrounded by arches and semi-pilasters that puts one in contact with a neoclassical style of Roman influence.