Abstract
Abstract. This paper offers, based on the integration of different documentary universes and the extraction of the few physical vestiges, an interpretation of the architectural transformation of the temple of Jesús María-Gran Logia La Oriental Peninsular of Mérida, Yucatán, México, which originally served as a Parish for Black people and mulattos under the advocacy of El Dulce Nombre de Jesús. In the mid-nineteenth century, due to the military clashes during the Second Mexican Empire, this building suffered serious deterioration; reason for which, after the Restoration of the Republic, it was subject to a series of partial reconstructions. During the Mexican Revolution, it was seized and converted into the headquarters of the Gran Logia La Oriental Peninsular, with aesthetic adaptations typical of Neo-Mayan Art Deco, and it was demolished in the 1940s. This contribution highlights the virtual reconstruction that made it possible to indicate the permanencies, changes and losses of this heritage piece in its historical evolution.
Highlights
Within the set of assets that constitute the built heritage of the city of Mérida, in Mexico, the religious equipment of the New Spain era represents a significant portion in relationship to its peers belonging to other historical stages
Later, during the Mexican Revolution, when the building was seized and became the Grand Lodge La Oriental Peninsular, its architecture was subjected to aesthetic adaptations typical of Neomaya Art Deco, being one of the first architectural examples of this style in the State of Yucatán (Urzais, 1997)
The documentary compilation consisted of the location and obtaining of primary and secondary information sources about the case study; many of the sources of information came, in order of importance, from the Historical Archive of the Archdiocese of Yucatán (AHAYUC), the Map Library Manuel Orozco y Berra (MMOyB), the Support Centre for the Historical Research of Yucatan (CAIHY), the Reserved Fund of the Newspaper Library "José María Pino Suárez", the Photo Library "Pedro Guerra" of the Autonomous University of Yucatán (UADY) and the Geographic Information System of Mérida (SIG)
Summary
Within the set of assets that constitute the built heritage of the city of Mérida, in Mexico, the religious equipment of the New Spain era represents a significant portion in relationship to its peers belonging to other historical stages. There are buildings from that time that only survive in the form of fragmented memories, since, in addition to not surviving their constructions, their sources of information are scattered or difficult to access Such is the case of the Jesús María temple, built at the end of the 17th century, which was located a block and a half north of the main square of Mérida, on the current 59th. In the 1940s, the Masonic Lodge was abandoned and demolished, so to date, what remains is a parking lot service to the aforementioned historic downtown (Novelo, 2002)
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