the government to take action. In 2010, the legislature of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico passed a law designating Degetau's home and farm in Aibonito a historic site and ordered the preservation of the house known as Quinta Rosacruz. The Federico Degetau Trust thus materialized with the help of private and government funding. See also List of Puerto Ricans German immigration to Puerto Rico List of Hispanic Americans in the United States Congress References Patronato del Archivo Histórico de Aibonito, Archives External links Federico Degetau from the Library of Congress. 1862 births 1914 deaths 19th-century American politicians Burials at Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery Puerto Rican people of German descent Puerto Rican writers Republican Party (Puerto Rico) politicians Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Puerto Rico Resident Commissioners of Puerto Rico Politicians from Ponce Writers from Ponce