Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School
Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School | |
 Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School, May 2019 | |
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| Location | Calle Norte and Calle San Quintin, Dorado, Puerto Rico |
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| Coordinates | 18°27′42″N 66°15′43″W / 18.46167°N 66.26194°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1923-25 |
| Architect | Pedro Adolfo de Castro |
| Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| MPS | Early Twentieth Century Schools in Puerto Rico TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001846[1] |
| RNSZH No. | 2000-(RMSJ)-00-JP-SH |
| Added to NRHP | October 11, 1988 |
Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School, also known as Escuela Jacinto Lopez Martinez, in Dorado, Puerto Rico, is a school built in 1923-25 which was designed by architect Pedro Adolfo de Castro.
It is a two-story U-shaped building.[2]
Its NRHP nomination describes at as "truly, on the outside, a rich and monumental symbol of the new emphasis given to the education of the Puerto Rican youth in the 1920s and 1930s." Its size, location on the town's main plaza, and architectural detailing "were undoubtedly meant to emphasize the differences between the new system (American) and its ideals in terms of educational goals, and the old, Spanish, ways."[2]: 3
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Arleen Pabon de Rocafort (September 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:". National Park Service. Retrieved May 7, 2017. With seven photos from 1988.
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- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
- Mission Revival architecture in Puerto Rico
- School buildings completed in 1925
- 1925 establishments in Puerto Rico
- Spanish Revival architecture in Puerto Rico
- National Register of Historic Places in Dorado, Puerto Rico
- Elementary schools in Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico Registered Historic Place stubs