Francisco Valinés Cofresí

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| name = Francisco Valinés Cofresí

| birth_date = October 4, 1878

| birth_place = Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

| death_date = August 15, 1949 (aged 70)

| death_place = San Juan, Puerto Rico

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| occupation = architect

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Francisco Valinés Cofresí (1878–1949) was a Puerto Rican architect.

He was born in Cabo Rojo in 1878.{{cite web |url=http://www.miramarpr.org/arqalgunosarq.html |title=Algunos Arquitectos en Miramar |publisher=MiramarPR.org |accessdate=January 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115235513/http://www.miramarpr.org/arqalgunosarq.html |archive-date=January 15, 2016 |url-status=dead }} His mother's family were relatives of the outlaw and pirate Roberto Cofresí.

Cofresí began working as a cabinetmaker foreman at the San Juan firm Finlay, Waymouth & Lee. Later on he studied architecture by correspondence, with the International Correspondence School of Chicago, Illinois, completing his studies in 1912.

At least two of his works are listed for their architecture on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Works

his first major work was the Executive Mansion for the governor (la Mansión Ejecutiva of the Gobernador) of the U.S. Virgin Islands, in Saint John
the residence of José Calderón in Canóvanas
the residence of Angel Suárez in Guaynabo
La Giralda, 651 Jose Marti St., Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, NRHP-listed{{cite web |url=http://www2.pr.gov/oech/oech/Documents/Propiedades%20en%20el%20Registro%20Nacional/San%20Juan/La%20Giralda.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: La Giralda |publisher=National Park Service |author=Berenice Sueiro / Juan Llanes Santos |date=June 25, 2008 |accessdate=January 9, 2017 |archive-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026233124/http://www2.pr.gov/oech/oech/Documents/Propiedades%20en%20el%20Registro%20Nacional/San%20Juan/La%20Giralda.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Palmira López de Pereyó House, jct. of Font Martelo and Minerva Sts. Humacao, Puerto Rico, NRHP-listed
Original landscaping for the Luis Muñoz Rivera Park in San Juan, PR{{cite book|last1=Calderín|first1=Rafael|title=Parque Luis Muñoz Rivera|date=October 2013|publisher=Ediciones Digitales|location=San Juan, PR|url=http://edicionesdigitales.info/biblioteca/parquemunozrivera.pdf}}

References

Category:1878 births

Category:1949 deaths

Category:Puerto Rican architects

Category:People from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico