Eleuterio Derkes Grammar School

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Eleuterio Derkes Grammar School
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LocationJosé María Anguelí Street
Guayama, Puerto Rico
Coordinates 17°58′55″N66°06′42″W / 17.981908°N 66.111799°W / 17.981908; -66.111799 Coordinates: 17°58′55″N66°06′42″W / 17.981908°N 66.111799°W / 17.981908; -66.111799
Built1908
Built byAntonio Higuera [1]
Architectural style Neoclassical
MPS Early Twentieth Century Schools in Puerto Rico TR [2]
NRHP reference No. 87001312
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 1987

The Eleuterio Derkes Grammar School (Spanish : Escuela Derkes) is a historic school building in Guayama, Puerto Rico. It was built in 1908, during a period when schools were gaining importance as civic institutions in Puerto Rico. Its simplified Neoclassical design emphasized this shift, and it became a prototype for a generation of school construction on the island. It additionally signifies a transition in construction technologies from wood to concrete. In 1987, architect Jorge Rigau observed that the building had survived in a nearly unaltered state, a rarity among schools of its era. [1]

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It was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rigau, Jorge (March 16, 1987), National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Eleuterio Derkes Grammar School (PDF), archived from the original on October 22, 2019, retrieved October 21, 2019.
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (August 14, 1987), Weekly announcement of National Register of Historic Places actions (PDF), p. 91, archived (PDF) from the original on October 10, 2017, retrieved October 21, 2019.