Casa del Cordón, Colonial stone building in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Casa del Cordón is a two-story stone building in Santo Domingo featuring a distinctive Franciscan cord carving above its entrance and Gothic-Elizabethan design elements. The structure displays thick stone walls typical of early colonial construction from the early 1500s.

Construction likely began in 1503 near the landing place on the Ozama. In 1509 Viceroy Diego Colón and María de Toledo, niece of Ferdinand II, left the Torre del Homenaje and stayed here briefly before moving to their official residence. The Real Audiencia later met in the building, and Francisco de Garay, governor of Jamaica and participant in the conquest of Mexico, was among its notable occupants.

The cord carved on the facade belongs to the last quarter of the 15th century and echoes decorations found in Spain, such as the Palacio del Cordón in Zamora and the Casa del Cordón in Burgos. Since November 2024 the building has housed the Centro Cultural Taíno Casa del Cordón, whose permanent exhibition "Nuestros primeros pobladores" displays over 350 pre-Hispanic archaeological pieces from the Fundación García Arévalo.

The house stands at the corner of Isabel la Católica and Emiliano Tejera streets, near the old landing place on the Ozama. Since November 2024 it houses the Centro Cultural Taíno Casa del Cordón, whose permanent exhibition "Nuestros primeros pobladores" displays over 350 pre-Hispanic pieces from the Fundación García Arévalo. Visitors enter to see the brick arches of the two patios and the coat of arms of Francisco de Garay.

The cord carved on the facade belongs to the last quarter of the 15th century and echoes Spanish models such as the Palacio del Cordón in Zamora and the Casa del Cordón in Burgos. Since November 2024 the house has held the Centro Cultural Taíno Casa del Cordón, whose permanent exhibition "Nuestros primeros pobladores" displays more than 350 pre-Hispanic pieces from the Fundación García Arévalo.