Central High School (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

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Central High School
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Central High School in San Juan
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LocationPonce de Leon Ave., Santurce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates 18°26′53″N66°04′11″W / 18.44815°N 66.06977°W / 18.44815; -66.06977
Arealess than one acre
Built1925
Architect Adrian C. Finlayson
Architectural styleSpanish Renaissance
MPS Early Twentieth Century Schools in Puerto Rico TR
NRHP reference No. 87001309 [1]
RNSZH No.2000-(RMSJ)-00-JP-SH
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 1987
Designated RNSZHFebruary 3, 2000

Central High School, also known as La Central or La Central High, is a school located in Santurce barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The 1925-built building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000. [1] [2]

It is a three-story, U-shaped building with Spanish Renaissance architecture. [3]

Its National Register nomination asserts that "Central High School is, for many reasons, the most important school structure built in Puerto Rico in the first decades of the XXth century." [3]

It was built as part of a building program that also yielded the Ponce High School, built in 1915, and the Gautier Benítez High School in Caguas, built in 1924.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form" (PDF). National Archives Catalog. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO, JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO (December 7, 2022). "REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO" (PDF). jp.pr.gov.
  3. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Central High School / La Central / La Central High". National Park Service. with seven photos from 1986 and an architectural plan drawing