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{{Short description|Masonic building in Yauco, Puerto Rico}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Logia Masónica Hijos de la Luz
| nrhp_type =
| image = Logia Masónica Hijos de la Luz 1 - Yauco Puerto Rico.jpg
| caption =
| location = Avenida Jose C. Barbosa, [[Yauco, Puerto Rico]]
| coordinates = {{coord|18.03194|-66.84845|format=dms|region:US-PR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Puerto Rico
| built = 1894
| architect = André Troublard
| builder = Jesus Emmanuelli
| architecture = [[Classical Revival architecture|Classical Revival]]
| added = June 9, 1988
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 88000684<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref>
| designated_other1_name = [[Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones|Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones]]
| designated_other1_color = #fa7070
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| designated_other1_number = 2001-(RS)-23-JP-SH
| designated_other1_abbr = RNSZH
| designated_other1_date = May 16, 2001
}}
The '''Logia Masónica Hijos de la Luz''', on Avenida [[José C. Barbosa]] in [[Yauco, Puerto Rico]], is a [[stuccoed]] [[masonry]] building constructed in 1894. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988,<ref name=nris/> and on the [[Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones]] in 2001.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO |first=JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO |date=December 7, 2022 |title=REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO |url=https://jp.pr.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/REGISTRO-OFICIAL-DE-SITIOS-Y-ZONAS-HISTORICAS-DESIGNADAS-Rev.-DIC-2022.pdf |website=jp.pr.gov}}</ref>
It is [[Classical Revival architecture|Classical Revival]] in style, designed by French architect [[André Troublard]] and built by master builder [[Jesus Emmanuelli]].<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
Also known as '''Logia Masónica''', it served as a [[meeting hall]].<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=88000684}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Logia Masonica Hijos de la Luz |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Héctor F. Santiago |date=October 1987 |accessdate=January 29, 2021}} With {{NRHP url|id=88000684|photos=y|title=accompanying eight photos}}</ref>
It is probably the earliest built and oldest surviving purpose-built [[Masonic building]] in [[Puerto Rico]].<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
André Troublard also designed the [[Casa Franceschi Antongiorgi]], also in Yauco and listed on the National Register.<ref>{{cite report| <!---|url=https://culturalsitespuertorico.blogspot.com/---> title=Hidden Cultural Treasures of Puerto Rico: Historic treasure in the "town of Corsicans" in Puerto Rico |date= July 27, 2011}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Logia Adelphia]], in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, also NRHP-listed
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Logia Masónica Hijos de la Luz}}
{{NRHP in Yauco, Puerto Rico}}
[[Category:Masonic buildings in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Yauco, Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Masonic buildings completed in 1894]]
[[Category:1894 establishments in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico]]
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