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Eleuterio Derkes Grammar School
Historic building in Guayama, Puerto Rico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eleuterio Derkes Grammar School (Spanish: Escuela Derkes) is a historic school building in Guayama, Puerto Rico. It was built in 1908, during a period when schools were gaining importance as civic institutions in Puerto Rico. Its simplified Neoclassical design emphasized this shift, and it became a prototype for a generation of school construction on the island. It additionally signifies a transition in construction technologies from wood to concrete. In 1987, architect Jorge Rigau observed that the building had survived in a nearly unaltered state, a rarity among schools of its era.[1]
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Eleuterio Derkes Grammar School | |
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Location | José María Anguelí Street Guayama, Puerto Rico |
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Coordinates | 17°58′55″N 66°06′42″W |
Built | 1908 |
Built by | Antonio Higuera[1] |
Architectural style | Neoclassical |
MPS | Early Twentieth Century Schools in Puerto Rico TR[2] |
NRHP reference No. | 87001312 |
Added to NRHP | August 4, 1987 |
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It was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[2]