National Register of Historic Places

Central High School

Santurce, San Juan County, Puerto Rico
Listed
August 3, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87001309

About this property

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. It is a three-story, U-shaped building with Spanish Renaissance architecture. 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." 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.

Location

Santurce, San Juan County, Puerto Rico
18.45087, -66.06971

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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Nearby Battles

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2.6 mi
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2.6 mi
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Bombardment of San Juan (Puerto Rico 1898)
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When was Central High School listed on the National Register?

Central High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 3, 1987.

What type of historic resource is Central High School?

Central High School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Central High School?

The period of significance for Central High School is recorded as the industrial era.

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