Central High School (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

The Central High School is a school located in Santurce barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Central High School
Central High School in San Juan
LocationPonce de Leon Ave., Santurce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18.44815°N 66.06977°W / 18.44815; -66.06977
Arealess than one acre
Built1925
ArchitectAdrian C. Finlayson
Architectural styleSpanish Renaissance
MPSEarly Twentieth Century Schools in Puerto Rico TR
NRHP reference No.87001309[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 1987

The 1925-built building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

It is a three-story, U-shaped building with Spanish Renaissance architecture.[2]

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."[2]:

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.

References
  1. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form" (PDF). National Archives Catalog. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  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


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