Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School Explained

Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School
Location:Junction of San Juan and Principal Streets, Caguas, Puerto Rico
Built:1939
Architect:Lizardi & Diaz Diez, Manuel Gonzales Seijo
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:August 4, 1987
Refnum:87001311
Designated Other1 Name:Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. fa7070
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Number:2000-(RCE)-21-JP-SH
Designated Other1 Abbr:RNSZH
Designated Other1 Date:December 21, 2000

The Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School (Spanish: Escuela Superior Vocacional Aguayo Aldea), popularly known as La Vocacional,[1] is a historic school in Caguas, Puerto Rico, named after Nicolás Aguayo Aldea, a Puerto Rican writer and politician from the 19th century.[2] The Art Deco building dates to 1939 and was designed by architects Lizardi & Díaz Diez.

Although originally an elementary and intermediary school, La Vocacional became a high school in 1960. The school building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 4, 1987, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000,[3] and it still functions as a vocational school.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NPGallery Asset Detail . 2022-03-12 . npgallery.nps.gov.
  2. Web site: Nicolas Aguayo y Aldea . 2022-03-12 . www.proyectosalonhogar.com.
  3. Web site: 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 . jp.pr.gov.
  4. Web site: Caguas: Vocacional Nicolás Aguayo Aldea . 2022-03-12 . EnciclopediaPR . en-US.