Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School Explained

Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School
Location:Calle Norte and Calle San Quintin, Dorado, Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.4617°N -66.2619°W
Built:1923-25
Architect:Pedro Adolfo de Castro
Architecture:Mission/Spanish Revival
Added:October 11, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Early Twentieth Century Schools in Puerto Rico TR
Refnum:88001846
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 Other2 Abbr:February 3, 2000

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.[1]

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."[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88001846}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: ]. National Park Service. Arleen Pabon de Rocafort . September 1987 . May 7, 2017. With .