Central High School (San Juan, Puerto Rico) Explained

Central High School
Location:Ponce de Leon Ave., Santurce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.4482°N -66.0698°W
Built:1925
Architect:Adrian C. Finlayson
Architecture:Spanish Renaissance
Added:August 4, 1987
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Early Twentieth Century Schools in Puerto Rico TR
Refnum:87001309[1]
Designated Other1 Name:Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. fa7070
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Number:2000-(RMSJ)-00-JP-SH
Designated Other1 Abbr:RNSZH
Designated Other1 Date:February 3, 2000

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.[2]

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."[3]

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form . National Archives Catalog . 20 October 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=87001309}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Central High School / La Central / La Central High]. National Park Service. with